(6 December) Woke up pretty early as Nicole seems to wake up naturally at crazy o'clock every morning! It was nice though, pretty good to have the whole day. We went for a wander to have a look around and get breakfast. It's very much a holiday resort, loads of touristy and surf shops! Prices for food etc seemed a little steep to me as well... I really don't know how I'm going to cope when it's actually expensive in Australia! They had breakfast in a bakery typ...

(30 November) Today we did a tour of a lot of the attractions of the highlands which was really good! We started at 8.45 and were driven for about an hour on our way to trek to see the "world's biggest flower" - the rafflesia I think it was called. We thought it would take about an hour, but it was 2 hours there an another 2 back! The jungle was pretty cool, but it was a hard enough walk, especially when I'm so unfit! We saw some massive spiders and got compl...

(25 November) Got up late today again, standard for LazyBoys lol. Such a chilled out hostel! Had breakfast then the four of us went to the beach with two Swedish girls, Sophie and Lisa, that had arrived the night before. Was nice to chill out for a bit but it was so hot! I was feeling a bit iffy again so went with the others to get lunch but only had a banana shake. Their food was taking ages to come, so I went back to lie down but got distracted on the way and ...

(24 November) Woke up late today feeling much better than I had in ages! Managed toast for breakfast and felt well enough to go for a walk! I wandered to the beach which was basically just across the road, and sat reading for a bit. Pretty soon I realised I needed to get some sunglasses because I'd broken mine in Phi Phi, so I wandered back towards the shops. The sunglasses were really expensive but while I was looking at them I met two guys from NZ who were o...

(24 November) Woke up late today feeling much better than I had in ages! Managed toast for breakfast and felt well enough to go for a walk! I wandered to the beach which was basically just across the road, and sat reading for a bit. Pretty soon I realised I needed to get some sunglasses because I'd broken mine in Phi Phi, so I wandered back towards the shops. The sunglasses were really expensive but while I was looking at them I met two guys from NZ who were o...