Hey hey hey, how it going, i finally reached oz, yep i landed in melbourne this morning and got a bus then a tram over to st kilda, and im staying in a place called coffee palace, not as nice as the crown, all it lacks i would say is the swimming pool, but its only $20 a night, which is still alittle bit on the expensive side but its what u pay over here! i met two english girls in thailand and thr staying at the same place so thats pritty cool, they e-mailed me saying its a good place to stay, so i thought id give it a wirl...! anyway, must get back to thailand storys and adventures as u missed out big time thr... so got to koh lanta, and that was lovely, the sunsets i cought were perfect and i think ur love the pics and they will come in the next few days, but i hate doing them as web site always mucks up!!!! as per usual. but yeah, one of the pics is of a runt puppy dog on the beach with the sun setting behind him, its so cute. but yeah koh lanta was a bit quiet, but the first hut i stayed in was 120bhat a nighyt which is less than 2 pounds and it was just made out of bamboo and straw it was quality, the loo was open outside as u got to stare at the stars while going to the loo, haha. then we moved, as i shared a bungalow with the 2 english girls, 600bhat for 3 of us in this well nice place, so that was cool. but the night life, well what can i say, thr wasnt any, so that was a bit bland, but i made do. we just bought our own beers and played cards on the balcony of the bungalow. so yeah then we left the island, and the 2 girls went off to singapore till the 8th and i went to the travel agents the night before i wanted to go and just chose an island on the big map and went "i want to go there please" just pointing at this really small island, and ow wow weeeee, did i make the right choice, it was a small island called lipe said like (leepay), it was just incredible, nouy u r going here sis, its a must, its a place where u would start ur travels or end on a high note here... but i made friends with a sweedish couple on the boat over and found sun bungalows for 400bhat a night which is a tad exspensive for just me, but u always pay more on the first night, anyway, we went and had dinner the 3 of us that night, and get this the couple hadnt been drinking before on there 1 and half month holiday, so i said right were going down to the beach bar tonight then, so we trotted off down the beach, and ow dear, they got a bit tiddley within hours, they left at about 11 so i stayed on with my friend sacks who was part bar owner and then i went over to this group playing drinking games, and ow dear was that a big no no (thrs a story here but cant really go into details) lets just say, i found myself legless in a muddy pool of water, stripped all my cloths off with my key in my pocket and returned to the recpetion of the bungalows in just my boxers and told the recptionist that sumone had taken my cloths, haha ow my god, i still crack up now to my own story, as i only remember all this the morning i wake up and open my eyes, i had to pay 300bhat for the key being lost. yeah so, that was a funny night, i know nanny and mum will be (WHAT) but its all fun and games and really im not drinking as much as u think, i just have the funniest storys after a night out, as thats when the funny storys begin. but yeah anyway, the next day i walked round the island as it only takes and hour to walk around, its so nice, i dont want to ruin it for nou, but basically the motorway for bikes is the beach, and the roads are the mud paths going through the jungle and long grass, and u reach a village that is made out of tin sheeted huts and the only shop on teh island is called Poo shop, haha, but my goodness did it have some lovely lovely beaches on it, one went to a point and the sand was white and the water was crystal clear with the terquise colour coming through as strong as a shark. i went out that night to pooh's bar, which isnt related to poo shop but i watched 3 people playing the tambo drums, sax and guitar, and it was awsome, and the owners pooh and noi where so welcoming, so i chilled on a few beers there and then headed off down the beach to the peace and love bar that i was at the night b4, and i met a really nice group of people, sweedish, candian and german, and i was thr chatting making friends, and then they went "ash, where thinking of going in a day or too, to a remote island called rawi, and were going camping for a night, do u want to come, and ow my, i was over the moon, like i had, had a box of smarties, i was hyper, they said a few day later after i had go to know them, that they had never met any1 so enthusastic over anything b4, ; ) u can imagine me just hyper with a huge grin on my face, but yeah, so i said well if wr doing it, shall we do it for 2 nights to make it worth while and get into it a bit more, every1 agreed so the next day we prepared for our adventure to rawi, so i had to buy a hamouck, food, a creat of beer (oviously) u cant be stranded on an island without beer, just not heard of these days!!! and i took my leatherman (my multi tool knife, etc) i took my mozzi net as well, so the next morning we got a long boat over, and thr was going to be 8 of us, but 2 pulled out, so we wr down to six, but then joe and barbra from jacks bar came with us, and we paid them and the boat driver 550bhat a day for the trip/food/and knife and folks etc, and they cook for u on the bbq, so we headed off on our long boat, and i forgot to say but i borrowed a snorkle mask and fishing rod from the locals on the island that i kinda made friends with, ahaha, so that was cool. so we wr pulling up to this deserted beach and ow gees, my heart dropped like an ankor... like the punt... ; ) it was incredible, our own beach, all i can say is, thr wr trees all along the beach set back a bit from the water, and we all shared the trees with about three people in each tree, i shared with the canadian couple who have pics by the way of this adventure. and we put the 3 hamoucks up next to one another and then placed teh mozzi net over the top to keep the bugs from falling on us, but as per usual i/we didnt think of rain, we only had a monsoon that night and we got soaked, ow if only u could see us being soak and looking at one another, but thr wasnt any shelter so we just had to sleep through it, and at one point i had 4 inches of water just in my hamouck with me.... it was out of this world, but i woke up soaked, really feeling i had done something really adventurous ; ), went for a swim and brushed my teath like a true traveler, in the sea, yep, bit salty, all good though. so yeah that day we built ourself a true hut, i started the whole, ow i think we shoyuld build a hut for us tonight and they agreed so off we went to work, with only bamboo, some string we found and leaves, i started off by putting 9 by 9 inch leaves weaved through a bamboo stick, but then by stroke of luck, while going to fetch water for camp via the pure water stream, and may i add i had to treck through the jungle, it was amazing, just obseenly great, but i noticed those massive leaves off of this plant, so we chopped them off and used about 10 of them and layed them ontop of the bamboo, and then another layer of bamboo on top. get back to that in a min, so that day i went fishing and caught a fish, yep, quality, it was only about a pound and a half but still a fish which was brown and black. walked along the beach admiring the view, then like the night before, sat round the log fire i had made, and we all found wood for the fire that day as we left it a bit late the niight before and it went out early, but not on the second night, we had a stock pile, so we told stories and laughed over joke and had a few beers and it was just the best. so that night, guess what it rained, but we wr dry... haha every1 else got soaked as they didnt make a den that day, they wr all too lazy and we wr rapped up all dry from the monsoon, so that was a really good feeling of achievement and satisfaction, so i felt good the next day, and we snorkled over the nicest reef ive seen, and i got to see nemo fish, it was a mum or a dad, not to sure which but with 2 babys it was so cute and they cum up to ur mask then dark into thr wired plant thing thats underwater, it was like off teh film. so then i left koh lipe the next day after getting back to the island and it took 22 hours as i said to get to singapore, and i think i finished on the rugby story, so ill continue from thr, so we went out that night after a great day t teh rugby which went on for 8 hours, england came 2nd after figi.... dam but it was all in the name of sportsmanship and we celabrated that night with (guess) only all the rugby players who played that day, down on the quey, it was one of the best nights, i got to meet all the figi players who wr quality, and i fetched them beer as it was free for the players and as i got them a beer, i went to the guy serving with these words, (any chance i can have one for the road, and he gave me a free pint, so that was funny, met the english and because chris the scottish bloke, he only knew half the scottish team, so it was just a massive laugh, but jonathan, who was from denmark, he was 6:10 tall and was bigger than every rugby player thr, it was so funny, they would come up to him and the figi player who was the talest at the party came up to him and bere in mind the figi player is 6:7, he goes to jon, G ur a big bloke rnt u... haha i was creasing my self up over that, and jon was such the nicest guy, ill get sum photos of the group to u soon, as they wr the nicest group of friends ive made i recon, they wr all so nice and free wiled with themselfs, none of this make up or faulse impressions, it was all fun and games and laughs... anyway, im sounding a bit gay so ill shut up, but we called jon or i did, the BFG. so the other 2 days in singapore qwe walked round town having a hoot and i bought sum cloths as i was running low...! and i bought another set of speakers for my ipod as the last ones broke. so cheap in singapore, and its a must go to city, i loved it, the undergrounds so each to use and so cheap, hostels r cheap and teh cleanest by far of any ive ever stayed in. and its all lit up in nice blues and reds at night, the airports a great place to stop and shop as well. anyway, i hoped uved enjoyed the storys, i know im missing a story, but i cant remember it for the earth of me. Hope ur all well, keep up thye messages, and dont think ive forgotten about u all, as thats the last thing, i always think about u all. im kinda getting the traveling bug now, and i so nearly cheanged my ticket to go to bornio if thats how u spell it, as i was going to go with the group i made friends with in singapore and they wr littrally begging me to go with them and i got a little upset to tell the truth, as i really like them all so much, but money got in the way. so it was a no go. anyway, bunds hope ur ok dude, havnt spoken to u in a while, hope the new jobs going a treat, jim, good luck on the driving course dude cuming up. nanny and grandad, good hearing from u 2, and glad ur off on hols as u deserve it, enjoy it. jon and lou well ur on hols so u know.... and the rest of u like nouy, tim, jen, lucia, kang clive blardy blardy bla, im going off on a tangent now, but i just wanted to say i love u all loads. over and out, me x