Oh it's hot - so very hot - can hardly believe you're all freezing in Blighty! We spent yesterday just bumming around the bunglow, in a desperate effort to help me climatise to this very hot country - what a wuss! Anyway the Germans in the bungalow next door were very amused by my plight, and nice Mr swimming-trunks-pulled-up-to-his-armpits even shared his lychees with me - it's a lot more innocent than it sounds, honest! Anyway, feeling a bit braver (and not...

Hello again! Just a quickie to let you all know that we've arrived in Koh Lanta, near where The Beach was filmed. We're staying in a very dinky bamboo hut (pictured above), right on the beach, and you can actually see the sky through the slats of our roof! Our bathroom door is a load of shells attached to pieces of string, so at the moment i'm having to send Mike out onto the veranda when I need a wee - a girl has to maintain her modesty, after all! We've ...