When we stepped out of the plane in sydney much to our distress we were greeted by rain and cloud!We got the train/tube which is really easy to use to King's Cross and walked to our hostel. After settling in to our room at the Pink House we decided to go sightseeing!First we went to a huge indoor market in Chinatown and then got the train to the harbour. We stepped out of the train and it was really sunny, bright blue sky and only a few clouds. The view from t...

Yesterday we had a horrible experience in the bathroom of our hut. I bent down to pick up my towel and as i got up looked at the wall...a few inches in front of me was a ghecko...a big crocodile sized, scaly, sharp clawed ghecko! As you can imagine i darted out of the room screaming...and never entered the bathroom of our hut again. Time for bed....just sorting out my rucksack, rearranging my clothes etc...something moved, a creepy crawly...brown and dirty with...

The fire show last night was so much fun. It took place right in front of the sea while we sat on rugs on the sand. The waiters from the restauarant at our resort put on a show during which the spun around poles lit at the ends with fire, threw them in the air and around their bodies, over their heads etc...if it had been me i would have frazzled!The shapes they made with the fire looked so pretty in the dark. They had made up dances/routines to western music, th...

Hi! Today i went island hopping on a speed boat and it was incredible!Paradise Paradise Paradise! We snorkelled on five different islands and saw some very colourful fish and coral, it was such a fantastic experience and so nice to explore the islands that we can see at a disance from our hut/beach!The weather was very hot and i got ever so slightly burnt on my face, hands and feet!I now liken myself to a tomato!We stopped off for lunch today on and island with ...

We arrived in Koh Chang after a five hour bus journey, thai videos were played in the coach the whole way which was great!!!The coach journey otherwise was really pleasant, they gave us blankets, food etc and the landscape was very pretty. We got he ferry to the island and arrived on (a lot b\igger island than expected at about 7. We then took a taxi ride to Lonely Beach along the only road on the island but couldn't see much as it was eally dark!The whole way we...