Ok so I think Lorna left you all on Christmas eve in Koh Tao so i will carry on from there! As predicted Christmas Eve turned out to be a pretty heavvy night as there were loads of parties and fireworks going on at the beach bars! Nevertheless we woke up Christmas morning (early afternoon) with pretty sore heads and so headed back down to the beach for breakfast and to exchange Secret Santa presents. As the budget was 500 baht (10 pounds) the money went quite a l...

Ok so I think Lorna left you all on Christmas eve in Koh Tao so i will carry on from there! As predicted Christmas Eve turned out to be a pretty heavvy night as there were loads of parties and fireworks going on at the beach bars! Nevertheless we woke up Christmas morning (early afternoon) with pretty sore heads and so headed back down to the beach for breakfast and to exchange Secret Santa presents. As the budget was 500 baht (10 pounds) the money went quite a l...

Hay and I arrived in Koh Tao without Kate and Tan, having sat for 2 ½ hours on the bumpiest catamaran you could ever imagine. We both came very close to throwing up over the side of the boat but managed to avoid getting absolutely soaked like some of the other passengers.Feeling glad that we had made it to the island alive we then set off to find the dive centre that Hay had heard was good - Simple Life divers. They seemed cool and willing to put the 4...