THINGS THAT GO 'CRUNCH' IN THE NIGHT Day 67: Koh Tao Last night saw me get a much better night's sleep, even though the banging on the roof continued. And I'm sure animals are the cause as they keep laughing after it hits the roof. The only thing that really woke me up was at about 5am when Jen was trying to plug her iPhone in to charge it and all I could hear was her scratching round trying to find the adapter hole. It was only when I awoke at the second tim...

SUNSHINE AT LAST Day 66: Koh Tao I had a pretty restless night's sleep last night, probably due to the huge amount of sleep during the day, the loud music we could hear from the town below and the constant dropping of rather large things on to our roof from the trees above. Seriously, they sound like coconuts being thrown down, loud enough to wake me up every time. When we got up, we had a lovely four course breakfast (God, I love buffet breakfasts) overlook...

KOH-MA-TAO-SED Day 65: Koh Tao We arrived in the pitch black at Chumporn slightly after 5am to catch our catamaran to Koh Tao, but as it didn't leave until 7.30 we had a short lie down on the deck chairs and waited for the sun to rise. Onboard it was a bumpy hour and a half journey, more like a ride at Universal Studios, but we both still managed to fall asleep, we were that tired. We docked at Koh Tao shortly after 9am. We hadn't booked any accommodation, ...

"5 HOURS WAITING... ... 4 SILLY FORMS, 3 TAXI CABS, 2 PASSPORTS AND A NIGHT BUS TO KOH TAO" DAY 64: Bangkok to Koh Tao In an ideal world, today would have gone as follows: get emergency travel documents (today!) with no hassle whatsoever, and hopefully for free, then head down to the island of Koh Tao tonight for the next week or so. That was the plan anyway. We jumped in a cab to the British embassy at 8.30am which took just over an hour in the morning t...

TAKING IT 'E'ASY BY THE POOL DAY 63: Bangkok Another day to kill in Bangkok until we can do anything about our passports. Why? Because it's a bank holiday Monday in light of HM's birthday. Classic timing. Feeling left out of the Christmas excitement and seasonal weather at home, we decided to generate a bit of festive spirit ourselves. So I went to Starbucks, grabbed a venti vanilla cafe latte, a cinnamon whirl and a cranberry and a white chocolate muffin whi...