Hi After being dropped off in the middle of nowhere at 06:00 in the morning we had a few issues with getting the boat to the Palau Perhentian Islands. Every single time you are in transit, people are trying to con you and get money from you. But you get use to it and we held to our guns and made a few phone calls etc and managed to get on a 09:00 boat. We were meant to be on the 07:00 boat. Kecil Island (small island) was really beautiful and we checke...

Hi again I said my goodbyes to Colin and headed for the bus at 06:30 in the morning. 14 hours later, three minibus changes, boarder crossing, one 15 minute toilet stop and a ferry ride and I arrived in Penang, Malaysia. This journey was a monster and I was so cramped, in agony and just counting down every 4 hours until I could take another 1000mg of pain killer. Luckily I didn't bump into another westerner for the hole journey as it was so pain to open my mo...

Hi all The three hour local bus was fine and very cheap. But there was trouble. I'd woken up in agony - issues with my wisdom tooth. We arrived in Phuket and I took an instant dislike to the place. This was partly due to Patpong being anywhere as near as nice as Kota that I had visit in Phuket before. The weather was roasting and we walked around for ages with all my gear on looking for accommodation. My day bag braking (mental note - Karrimor gear is rubbis...

Hi Guys, To my amazement, the bloke was waiting for us in reception at 06:20 as promised and getting the bus was fine. We collected a few other people in Surat Thani before hitting the the 401 to the other side of the country. We met a lovely dutch girl called Cyrina who was traveling alone and we chatted to her for most of the three hour journey. The scenery on the way was beautiful as Thailand is very mountainous and green. We arrived in Kho Sok and...

Well what can I say, other than when you are the only two left at the port and everyone is packing their stuff up to go home for the night, you get the feeling something isn't quite right. All the other approx 200 travellers had got onto the coaches and left for the next destinations. Our coach had turned up an hour and a half after it should of do. It was also evident that we are the only two people to be going into the jungle too. In the end a little back loadi...