Day 10 (Thursday 26th October 2006)After sleeping like babies we awoke for brekkie. After scoffing our American breakfasts we strolled on to the beach. Marc snorkelled off in search of the reef whilst Sarah soaked up the Ko Pha-ngan rays. There was a reef just offshore but apparently due to the time of year, the visibility was poor. However Marc did spot yet another large puffer and several gobies on lookout as their shrimp friends tirelessly dug out their h...

Day 8/9 (Tuesday 24th/Wednesday 25th October 2006)We had our breakfast and left our jungle bungalow at the San Sabay Resort around 10:00am...little did we know that we were about to endure a 27-hour journey from hell!!!Our 27-hour nightmare journey:10:00..left San Sabay Resort (Koh Chang)10:30 - 11:00..ferry from Koh Chang to the mainland (Trat)12:00 - 18:00..bus to Bangkok from Trat19:00 - 06:00..bus to Surat Thani from Bangkok (no sleep thanks to the ...

Day 7 (Monday 23rd October 2006)Today we snorkelled the excellent reefs off the islands of Koh Chang. It was incredible. If you could've given Marc unlimited air supply, he'd have stayed there forever! The journey down to the boat was funny...Marc hanging off the back of the landrover as Sarah's seat hung off its hinges! From there, a rickity old boat took us to four snorkel sites.Before so much as dipping a toe, from the top of th...

Day 5 (Saturday 21st October 2006)Had a decent night's sleep, but for the mysterious fighting animals on top of our roof. It must have been about 4:00 in the morning, we rushed outside with a torch and although we could still hear them screaming somewhere, we could not see the little blighters. We eventually got up around 8:00ish, had some brekkie and stroked 'Ricky' the resident pug dog. Talking of dogs. is it true that Marc's mum and S...

Day 3 (Thursday 19th October 2006)Turns out that dude was all right!!!! Here we are in Koh Chang! By the way the iteninerary has changed...we have 5 nights here in Koh Chang and then the rest split between Ko Pha-Ngan, Krabi, Ko Phi Phi and Phuket!! Unfortunately, the national park went out the window...it's not even open!!Koh Chang is spectacular! Bangkok was beginning to disillusion us about the so-called beauty of Thailand, but here we are in an ...