Imagine yourself relaxing on a boat, cruising across the water with the sun on your back and the wind through your hair...can't? Oh sorry, that was ME today! Today was the eagerly anticipated Ha Long Bay. A 'four hour' mini bus journey from Hanoi to Ha Long Bay (which we've just found out is one of the NEW seven natural wonders of the world). I say 'four hours' because we went on a 'three hour' mini bus journey to koh samet and that was like riding through hell...

Obviously this morning was not a smooth one after last nights antics! However we managed to pop round to say goodbye to Rachel and co before climbing aboard the sky link to the airport. Seeing as it was a half hour journey it seemed fitting to have a power nap to start my day off correctly! Arriving at Bangkok airport meant dragging my case around for far too long when I could barely carry myself around. (Lou it appears that people have learnt to queue over the ...

Well today started off with THE BEST BRUNCH OF MY LIFE. I had a Mediterranean breakfast and a mango smoothie. On my breakfast I had: Scrambled egg Coffee Orange juice Baguette Croissant And a bowl of tropical fruit Needless to say it was immense! Then we finally got to Wat Arun-a place we've been trying to get to for ages. This involved a river boat tour (one we elected to go on this time) and a short ferry crossing. Wat Arun is another religious temple (...

Today we... -Sat on the beach -Ate crisps for lunch -Took a half hour boat ride back to the mainland (definitely not as scary as our one in Phuket Lou-'it's time to put your life jackets on') but still rocky -Took a 3 hour minibus to Bangkok -went out for dinner Me tired now. Zzzzzzzzzzzz

Well my original plan for today's blog was going to be this: Today we went to the beach. However a few more things happened that I should probably explain... We ventured out for our first breakfast on the island (included) unfortunately I wasn't aware that the crawling ants were also included. So we ordered from the kitchen instead! Next we went to the beach to RELAX and were bothered by several different people trying to sell is foot massages/scrubs, scarves...