Okay I had written an absolute corker about Koh Tao and the power went! Great so I am really sorry if this is poor quality. Anyway as I was saying before I was rudely interrupted. We took the ferry from the Koh Samui to Koh Tao which actually means Turtle Island. The island used to be a prison, they don't call me Statto for nothing! Anyway the boat pulls into the harbour and the only thing they give you to get off the boat is a small 2 ft wide piece of wood. I h...

Hong Kong airport is absolutely amazing. It even makes the top 10 tourist destinations in Hong Kong and that is saying something! There is an area where you can go and play games. But they have the best games in the world. There was one called Soul Surfer. It was really cool, you even got to stand on a surf board while playing the game! Surfing....ahh yes I remember that! We arrived into Bangkok after 2 hr flight which seemed to fly by! We got a taxi out of th...

So we have finally left the hustle and bustle of the cities and what a relief, I haven't seen the sea for freakin ages! We took an overnight bus from Bangkok down to a place called Surat Thani, it took about 12 hours, it was pretty damn tough as yet again the seats were designed for the smaller frame! We arrived at the port at 5.00 am to discover that the boat didn't actually leave until 9.30! Bloody great, we are in a dodgy little port in shorts and vest on the ...

NO MORE COMMUNISM! It truly was a breath of fresh air to be back on some colonial soil! Everyone seems so much nicer and there is even toilets that you can actually sit on! Its the smaller luxuries in life that really count. We arrived into Hong Kong at 11 in the morning and found our way to the hostel called Wang Fat! It was recommended by the Lonely Planet but was nothing like what we expected. It was in a high rise building that comprised of small flats that...

Guilin, the hick town of China, or that was what it seemed when we arrived there! It was a small station in the middle of a small town! It was a hell a lot hotter than anything we had experienced before hand! The train journey had been hell. John wasn't feeling very well and we were constantly worried he was going to be sick in the bunk! We had no food and no water, it was hellish Anyway we arrived at our hostel to discover that we were in an already filling r...