FRIDAY 12 JUNE BANGKOK ARRIVED BACK IN BANGKOK TONIGHT-VERY LONG DAY.ATE AT USUAL STREETCART NEAR KHAOSAN RD-SUPERB-AND CHEAP.BACK IN VIENGTAI HOTEL AND GOT BETTER (AND QUIETER) ROOM THIS TIME. SATURDAY 13 JUNE HAD OUR FIRST EXPERIENCE OF A PUBLIC BANGKOK BUS.I THOUGHT THE STANDARD OF DRIVING IN THAILAND MUST OF GOT BETTER THAN MY LAST VISIT 15 YEARS AGO-HOW WRONG I WAS! THE DRIVER,AN ELDERLY MAN DRIVING BAREFOOT,WEARING DARK GLASSES AND SMOKING(POSSIBLY WEED...

GREETINGS FROM A VERY HOT AND SUNNY THAILAND.TODAY IS OUR LAST DAY ON KOH TAO AND WE ARE BOTH SAD TO LEAVE-WE LOVE KOH TAO! OUR LAST DAY WAS SPENT AT THE VERY EXCLUSIVE JAMAHKIRI SPA RESORT WHCH OVERLOOKS ONE OF THE NICEST BAYS ON THE ISLAND-SHARK BAY.MIMI SPENT A WHILE IN THE GYM AND THEN WE HAD A RELAXING DAY BY THE POOL. SINCE THE FULL MOON PARTY A FEW NIGHTS AGO,THE ISLAND HAS GOT MUCH BUSIER.YESTERDAY THERE WERE NEARLY 30 DIVERS IN BOTH SWIMMING POOLS.AM VE...

NEWS UPDATE.... MIMI IS OFFICIALLY THE TOP ANGLER ON KOH TAO,WELL OK-SHE CAUGHT ONE MORE THAN I DID! (ONE AND A HALF IF YOU ASK MIMI) SHE CAUGHT FIVE BARRACUDA TO MY 3.I ALSO CAUGHT A VERY SMALL FISH WHICH WAS THE SAME SIZE AS MY BAIT! WE CHOSE A NIGHT TRIP WHICH STARTED AT 530 AND FINISHED AT MIDNIGHT.LIVE BABY SQUID WAS THE BAIT AND AS SOON AS THE BAIT TOUCHED THE BOTTOM WE BOTH HAD FISH STRAIGHT AWAY! THIS LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR BUT AS SOON AS IT GOT DARK-NOTHIN...

CHECKED OUT OF OUR HILLTOP SUITE IN BANS DIVE RESORT AND INTO A SLIGHTLY SMALLER ONE.WE LIKE BANS SO MUCH WE DECIDED TO STAY UNTIL WE HEAD BACK UP TO BANGKOK ON JUNE 9TH.THE RESORT (AS IS KOH TAO) DEFINATELY NOT FULL SO I GOT QUITE A GOOD REDUCTION FOR THE ROOM.THE POOL IS GREAT,IT HAS A JACUZZI,A BAR AND IS SURROUNDED BY TROPICAL GARDENS.THE BEST THING IS THAT AS SO MANY PEOPLE WHO STAY HERE DO SOME KIND OF DIVING COURSE -ITS NICE AND QUIET MOST OF THE DAY! THE ...

GREETINGS ALL. WE LEFT BANGKOK LAST FRIDAY AND CAUGHT THE 6AM COACH DOWN TO CHUMPHON.THE COACH WAS QUITE COMFY BUT SITTING ANYWHERE FOR SEVEN HOURS IS NOT IDEAL,NOT UNLESS YOUR NAME IS MIMI-SHE SLEPT NEARLY THE ENTIRE JOURNEY WHILST I PLAYED SWAT THE MOSQUITO (WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THE COACH COMPANY COULD HAVE FUMIGATED IT AT BANGKOK!)AT CHUMPHON WE TOOK A HIGH SPEED CATAMARAN TO KOH TAO OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TURTLE ISLAND.IT TOOK 90 MINUTES AND THE SEA WAS A BIT CHOP...