On the 16th we heade off to catch our ferry to the island of Ko Phi phi. This island was hit badly by the tsunami as the middle of the like a funnel from one side of the island to the other and it is at sea level. The ferry trip across was very nice and we arrive at 3.30pm. Someone from our hotel met us and took our bags up to the hotel throught the village. Our hotel is on the hillside overlook the quieter bay of the island - it is very beautiful. We didn't ...

On the 15th we were making our way down to Phuket ready for our week on Ko phi phi. Our first journey was slightly hairy as with backpacks on our backs we made our way on the back of scooters to the main road. It was a bit wobbly!!! We caught the bus and seemed to be very lucky as the was a group of 10 people at the bus stop who had been there since 9 waiting for a bus - they are meant to be every hour!!! The bus came 2 minutes after we arrived We arrived in Sur...

On the 13th we got up relatively early ready for our day of travelling into Khao Sok national park. We were taken by car one hour to the Dam to meet our guide for the next two days and get our longtail boat out to the Rafthouses at Ton Tuey. The trip acorss the lake was beautiful - lots ot limestone hills and mountains covered in green and blue water surrounding them. Our guides name was Pom - his english was very good which is good because our Thai is not as goo...

We arrived in Bangkok OK Both very tired as we only had about 2 hours sleep!! Got to our hotel which is very nice and decided to go exploring and playing on the internet to keep ourselves awake! It didn't work for too long as we had a small sleep and then hit the streets of Bangkok to watch the rugby. For those who have not visited Bangkok - it smells!!! But is interesting to say the least. Sunday the 11th we had a nice sleep in and then both headed off to th...