Ah, Koh Tao, Koh Tao - how much I've fallen in love with this place. After a crazy Full Moon Party (I wasn't quite in the vibe, but had a lot of fun watching the girls VERY much there!), I got my boat, and with every second I moved away from Haad Rin and the madness, and over the sea to Koh Tao, tension drained from my body. Still UV painted and in my Full Moon clothes, I arrived at our dive resort (Crystal - not the best location, on Mae Haad by the pier, b...

Well managed to get over here somehow... Arrived in Krabi with sore legs and decided to kick back, relax, and think about heading out to a beach somewhere. It was important to spend a night in Krabi to make peace with the town that, last time we were here, managed to take me to a whole new world of pain with the sadistic nurses in Krabi hospital (a by-product of the whole motorbike saga). And so we did - wandering around all afternoon, checking out the amazing fo...

Losing hearts, hats and hearing - Paradise is the Perhentians. We meant to spend about 5 days here - enough so those of us doing the Open Water course could do that, then fit in a bit more diving. Somehow we stayed...and stayed...and stayed. It's a bit hard to leave. The beach is incredible - Long Beach on Perhentian Kecil - and we have a little bungalow at one end, tucked away below the forest of palm trees. There are no roads and electricity only comes on at ...

Taman Negara - Bitten to Death. OK so the photo's a little over-the-top - we were assured there were tigers in TN, but we didn't see any...(I haven't had a chance to upload any of my photos so it'll have to do!) TN is Malaysia's national park, a huge 135 million year old jungle pretty much in the middle of Peninsular Malaysia - and pretty much in the middle of our journey from KL to the Perhentian Islands. Leaving Chris to head up to the Cameron Highlands,...

KL - Living in a box We arrived in KL a couple of days ago via Melaka, which was pretty much just an overnight stop. But we were there long enough to see a bit of the town - a climb up Bukit St Paul to the ruins of the church and Portuguese fort up there, a wander around the town square, a beer in the shade of Christ Church and an amble through the Old Town gave us enough of a feel for the place to be fairly sure we weren't missing too much by leaving the next ...