Arrive in koh samui - lush weather at last - amazing beach near our 'convotel' aka hotel - staying in Chaweng near Ark bar - the main bar on samui apparantly. Head down to the beach for afternoon, lovely swim in the sea - all want to do jet skiing but abit too pricey for our traveller budget!have dinner then it pisses down with rain - thunder and lightening, all still knackered from last night so earliesh night. Would have liked to stay abit longer in samui but a...

Full Moon day - Go to the internet cafe and book our flight from Laos to Vietnam for 6th October, Matt book his flight to New Zealand for around the sane date then will meet up with him again in oz in nov. Get full moon stuff sorted - tops and uv paint, glow sticks etc then get ready - paint flower design on sians leg and cover matt in uv paint - very unartistic!get sangsom buckets and head down to the beach which was absolutely rammed, wicked atmosphere! me and ...

Thurs 8th - Leave koh tao and get slow boat to Koh Phangan - bungalow about a 10 minute walk from the full moon beach, the row of bungalows we are in leads down to a beach but not a very nice one but its a beach none the less! really cute bungalow with balcony and when we got back from exploring a man had hung a hammock up for us! Nice guys from Ireland and Blackpool next door. Have a general look around the area, loads of full moon clothe shops then watch hangov...

Had a brilliant first few days. Long day of travelling on Wednesday but eventually made it to Bangkok Airport, waited a while for Matt(Sians bf) and Sweeney(Matts friend) to meet us as they were stuck in Bangkok rush hour traffic. All get taxi to our hotel(Vietnam-Thai), very swanky with gym and lovely pool - Matt and Sweeney in shock as havnt had a bath in weeks! Dump stuff then head to Kaoh San road which is the next street on from hotel, M and S introduce us ...