Aonang Princeville Resort Krabi

Left Bangkok at about 3pm - armed with Oreo's, Ham and Cheese flavour crisps (?) and red bull in a glass bottle (?)! for our voyage!

Got taxi to train station, extra early to be safe as it was Kings Birthday and public holiday so roads closed!

Got on train at 5:30 - train didn't leave till 6:45!!! Had fun on the sleeper train, was really comfy, although i ...

... trips, a pick up truck and finally a couple of motorbike taxis into Myanmar or Burma as it is more commonly known. My experience of this mysterious country lasted for only 2 minutes as I got the necessary stamps and a good soaking from a thunderstorm before heading back to Phuket and meeting up with the others - we were now joined by Tim aka Pinhead who being the responsible teacher he is, thought half term would be better spent on ...

... vraiment ferme !!!! Je m’en fais presque mal !!! :o)

Je suis la pour 10 jours et le programme est vraiment tranquille…. Il y a la piscine juste en dessous de mon balcon (dont la vue est d’ailleurs géniale avec foret tropicale et falaises en arrière plan), la plage est a 5 min a pied (il y a 3 plages a Railay : à l’Est (en face de mon hôtel) ce n’est pas une plage ou on peut s’allonger ou se baigner a cause de la vase… mais ...

... numerous touts trying to sell you accommodation, we practically had to fight our way through them. In many ways it would be great to take them up on their offers, at least they carry your bags for you, but we can't afford to pay for half of these places anyway. Nope, we were determined to find our own digs and haggle them down to suit our budget. For about half an hour or so, we did just that. We trudged through the narrow paved streets dodging bicycles and carts ...

... serene we are feeling. We also had an educational tour round the Chong Fat Tze mansion, built by a rags-to-extreme-riches Chinese immigrant in the late 1800s and now beautifully restored. Our next project is porcelain-shard artwork!

The food continues to be a highlight - without wishing to appear porcine, we ate almost every night at the local 24 hour curry house, where a plate of rice and several flavoursome ...

... our fellow travellers a fond farewell, after 37 days together, for some of us, it was sad to say goodbye but we have been incredibly lucky to have shared the company of some wonderful people. Our final destination in Thailand is Phuket. We took the ferry from Krabi which took about 2 hours. As we have come to expect that nothing quite goes to plan in Thailand. We arrived at the jetty and the boat wasn't there. We waited a few minutes and were told the ferry ...

... day Pepsi......seriously. lol We rented a moped and explored the island, Teddy didn't want to give it back.lol The island was beautiful but we still had to make it to Ko Pangnan, so back on the ferry. But this time we upgraded to the super fast catamaran, well worth the additional .50 cents. WOW, that is the only descriptive word that encompasses ko pangnans party scene. We are too old for this @#$&! When we arrived at 4 ...

... mogoce v sili odpreti marsikatero kljucavnico. Ob koncu celotnega seznama je vredno napisati, da ima Tina 9,5kg opreme in Teodor 11,5kg opreme. Teodor nosi zdravila in ima zato malce tezjo prtljago. Na splosno pa se drziva pravila pri opremi, da kupujeva najbolj kvalitetno kar je mogoce in zaradi visjih cen morda manj kot pa da bi pri opremi varcevala in nato na hrbtih tovorila vec. Vse stvari, ki pa jih je mogoce kupiti ob poti in nimajo vecjega pomena, pa ne nosiva od doma.