oh it is hard to wake up in Paradise everyday but someone has to do it or all the resorts would be empty right?....... actually the resorts are pretty empty, Thailand is really struggling after the recent political upsets, the last place we stayed, had an 80% cancellation rate for the Xmas period, which is crazy. On the other hand for us we can walk into any resort and get offered a great deal. Normally I wouldn't spend more than 1,000B a night but the last res...

In Ayanda's words, typed by mum: Hi everybody, I am in Thailand, having fun at the Thai House Beach Resort. Sometimes we go to the beach and play in the water, we also go to places for adventures like Monkey School, and the monkey really liked me there, and one monkey was older than me! One monkey was the same age as me and we had a basketball competition to see who could throw the most balls in the hoop, and I won! I got three in a row and the monkey missed th...

Hi just a short note to say we are happy and living in the village, and the internet service is not so good, so wait a few more days for an update :)

Hi it is our last night here, and yesterday we went and did all the last things on our tourist list and today we had planned a reflective and quiet day. Yesterday first we went to Underwater World, then we went to the Cable Cars and then Ayanda went Banana boating in the sunset no less :) phew Today was designated quite day, but Murphy's law intervened I think. We stared with our journal writing, in our restaurant, and there is so much island food I am trying...

hi everyone! we have just spent three nights in total luxury (thanks to Nigel Wong!) We stayed at the Berjaya Langkawi, in a room similar to the picture, that usually costs RM 2000 a night (just under $1000 Australian), but we got it virtually for free, the bonus of having kind friends, with business accounts, and I just nodded everytime they called me "Mrs Wong". Check out if you would like to be jealous: http://www.berjayaresorts.com/beachresort_lang...