got the boat across to Ko Phi Phi which apart from Ko Lak, was the worst hit by the tsunami, its almost completely rebuilt now but you do get the sense its been quickly thrown up and there is still a large amount of construction. Phi Phi is two islands, Phi Phi Don where the toursism, diving etc is and Phi Phi Leh which is uninhabitated as was the setting for filming 'the beach'. In fact i think the pic i have used for this blog is the bay they used and t...

I went rock climbing while in Krabi as its a really good place to di it because of the limestone cliffs around this area. We got a boat to Rayleigh beach which isnt accessable from the mainland as its surrounded by cliffs. I am infact spiderman, i was a bit nervous at first as ive never done it before and i wasnt sure how id be clambering up sharp rock but its was ace! 30m was the highest one we did. the last 5 or so metres were more or less sheer rock with next ...

came down to Ao Nang in Krabi for thai new year which is tonight. Song Kran is the water festival which runs for a few days over this time and is just incredibel. i've had so much fun today. the whole town just had one big water fight. everyone lines the streets with big bins of water and hoses constanyl running. everyone buys water pistols and all the pick ups drive down teh main street with people and bins of water in the back and basically. you just chuck ...

so we left the room in samui, all 9 of us and headed for the pier to get the boat across to surat thani on the mainland. turned out it was a thai cargo ship so the coch we had been put on drove straight on the ship and we went upstairs as the only 'farangs' as we are known. the pier was a mesh of welded metal but it did the job i suppose. we got the opther side and htought the coach would then take us to the station to get the khoa sok bus but it drove to...

Samui in all honesty is a bit like being in spain, as i think i said, there are all the franchise stores down the main high street and its just in genreal a nasty tourist place! still, lots of fun to be had but im glad we only spent two nights there and i would rather have done something else! we didnt really do anything to tell as such, just more beach and mopre drinking which isnt really what im here for! i did manage to loose my thai phone while there thoug, i...