Monday 22nd JanuaryWe arrive in Ko Tao and get a dive course and accommodation sorted out but it takes most of the day what with the boat trip here this morning too.Ko Tao looks like a beautiful island - I'm looking forward to seeing more of it.Tuesday 23rd JanuaryUnfortunately the flu I'd been trying to ignore since flying from Hong Kong has finally taken hold so I can't dive because of the cough and cold. But Kate has a good time doing the course an...

Saturday 20th JanuaryPretty hideous bus and boat journey finally brought us to Ko Samui and we headed to Chaweng. The weather wasn't great so no sunbathing for us. It's like a mini Ibiza here - we went out to the Green Mango Club and laughed at all the old european men with their rent-a-fanny thai girls trying to cut some moves on the dancefloors. Apparently the rest of the island is beautiful but we haven't got time to look around as we have to be ba...

Wednesday 17th JanuaryOnly a short 2.5 hour flight to Bangkok and the clock goes back an hour so we're 7 hours ahead fo the UK now. Had the most delicious thai red curry for dinner - I think I'm going to like it here.Thursday 18th JanuaryWe decided to walk from Th Sukhumvit to Kao San Road where we were going to book our bus tickets to Ko Samui. We didn't realise it would take us 3 hours - hmm - maybe next time we'll get a tuk tuk.We headed out to...

Monday 15th JanuaryIt was a long flight to Hong Kong (12.5 hours) and the clocks have gone forward 8 hours. We were staying on Hong Kong Island at Causeway Bay so we headed out to go to the Peak to check out the view. It's winter here so it's quite cold and the day was a little grey so not the best photo's. We then went off to the Zoo and Botanical Gardens but half of the bird enclosures were closed due to bird flu in the area. They are still battling...

Thursday 11th JanuaryWe hired a car to get around in and headed up Table Mountain - what beautiful views. The clouds were coming over the edge of part of the mountain and that's why locals nick-name it table cloth mountain. There are lots of indigenous plants on top of the mountain including a number of varieties of Proteus.The city is great - very easy to get around. We walked down to the Waterfront and to Green Market Square to the craft markets. After that...