Well the sun finally arrived in Phuket on Monday - hurrah! We spent Monday and Tuesday enjoying the weather, Jon went surfing and we met up with Dad's cousin who lives and works on Phuket. We also booked up a trip to Phi Phi island for Wednesday (yesterday). What a great day we had! We had an early start (compared to the last few weeks) and were collected from our hotel at 8am. After a minibus ride to the "port" which was basically a load of speed boats...

Helloooooooo!! Well what can i say Finally the rain has gone the sun is almost out and we are of to Phi Phi ilsands tommorrow cannot wait!! We are taking a speed boat to the island which will be fun on its own. When we get there we will be snorkling and swimming with fishes, yeeha will try and get some pics of the fish for ya brucey!! Hope all is well at home? any more goss?? Well of too Oz with the wicked witch on Friday, ok sorry the Beautiful Jemeela, ha ha...

Well finally arrived here in Phuket after a 12 hour journey from Ko Samui which was as you remember beautiful sunshine and lovely beaches. We are now sitting in an internet cafe because it is absolutely peeing down with rain plus to make it even worse we are staying in a hotel next to a building site which we got woken up at 8:30 by a digger. Not impressed at all but weather should be fine in a couple of days. We chose a place called Kata which is supposed to be ...

Hi all, Having a wonderful and relaxing time here on Ko Samui. Been here for 4 days now and planning to stay until Friday. The beach is wonderful as you can see from the pictures and we have spent most of our days laying on it or swimming in the sea. It is pretty hot though - about 40 degrees - so have to duck out for some air conditioned time in the middle of the day which is what we are doing now! The people here are wonderful and so kind. The bungalows we a...

Ok apologies for the shortness of this entry but we just wrote the whole thing out and the computer froze so we lost it all!! Havent eaten for 24 hours so need to get out of here and get some dinner. Yesterday went to the Grand Palace and Wat po and Wat Phra Kaew temples in bangkok - amazing sights and buildings mostly in gold leaf. See photos, most interestingly the largest reclinign Buddha in Thailand at 49m long and 15m high. Took the night train and then...