Wow if feels like ages since i written anything up here....havent got much time so will give you a brief update on the 3 islands that we have visited in the gulf of Thailand. Koh Samui: We werent sure weather to go here as its quite popular with the tourists but we met a couple who said Lamai Bay was nice so we thought why not. It was a mission to get here though. First our original ferry was cancelled so we stayed in Surat Tani for a day and a night. N...

Wow this place is amazingly beautiful...and we dont want to leave tomorrow. We meet some people who said that phi phi was a big disappointment to them. Well it has been a totally different experience for us. Phi Phi has been everything and more for us. We dont really have to tell you thats its beautiful...you probably have seen that! But there is a feel about it......i dont know if it is because of the Tsunami. The way that the people here have re-built and...

Sun, sea and sand...............paradise!!!!!

Penang is rather a misfit of everything. So many different cultures and nationalities - indian, chinese, malay. The fact that they all live in perfect harmony with one another should show the rest of us a thing or too. We spent a few days seeing the sights.......temples, markets, buildings etc. We went on a trishaw which was abit of an experience. The roads here are like a death trap.....mopeds everywhere. The shopping malls here are almost as mad as s...

Cameron Highlands. Our bus journey here was probably the worst so far. We went up and down and around and around. Lou was a real palke colour when we got off the bus and couldnt stand for a while either. It didnt go great after that either all hostels and cheap hotels were booked so we were faced with a decsison do we slash out or stay at a hostel that well everyone else avioded as it had a bed bug epidemic. We went for the bed bug option. As it turns out th...