Travel is all about learning. I've learnt a lot of lessons today. I've also got a lot of sunburn, a lot of cuts and grazes down my legs and hands and a new sense of my own limitations. Now, before I begin this long story, let me first tell you that I am fine. My little injuries are minor and my sunburn will go, eventually. My friends and family will read this and worry. Don't. I'm fine. *** Long story alert *** So, this all started today when I hired some snor...

I woke up today and felt a hundred times better. Had myself some milk and chocolate cereal and was given some sweet rice in banana leaf by the legendary owner of Kamalanta Resort, then I was on my way at around 10am. An hour to wait at Krabi bus station before grabbing the bus to La-Ngu. I then had an entertaining motorcycle taxi ride with the driver, my two bags and me to Pak Bara, the hopping-off point for the ferry to Ko Lipe. I hope it's worth it! The trip t...

It'd be unfair for me to judge Ko Lanta based on my experience of the island. But I'll do it anyway and let you decide if I'm being harsh. It actually starts pretty well... I took a minibus to Ko Chang that I had booked through P Guesthouse where I was staying. I also booked a night in a bungalow on Long Beach that they had recommended. Bad choice, as the bungalow looked out onto a brown swamp, the mosquito net had holes the size of my fist and the already broke...

My last morning on Ko Chang started much like any other morning where I've had to get myself up for an early start: late. Usually this happens because I inexplicably ignore my two alarms to steal a few more minutes of nap time, which inevitably turns into more. Anyway, I was pretty much fully packed and went to have breakfast while waiting for the 9am boat. It arrived at 8:30am. So much for finishing the book I'd borrowed from the resort. 90% finished, and there ...

Ko Chang is the most peaceful and remote place I've been to since I began travelling. An island far out to sea, it is served by a passenger boat that skirts the island twice daily. It's not going to take up much text to explain what I did here for two days. Nothing. Actually that's not strictly true. I laid on the beach for a few hours, had the occasional swim, sat around and read a book from the resort's bookshelf, at one point I even walked 100 metres or so t...