Dara Artrium Petit Surat Thani

... opened and Elvis served us our tickets, which included a bed for the journey. The train arrived 140 mins late as promised and we jumped on. WE sat in our bunks all chuffed with the air conditioning and comfort only to be demoted from what we found out was first class by the ticket man (no relation to the piano man, rocket man or Superman) to the much more tightly packet, stuffier normal class. WE tucked in and slept to Petchaburi....cockroaches as bed partners.

... on the back who looked familiar, after standing there shocked it hit me that it was Hayley sitting on the back of a scooter with a massive 15Kg rucksake on her back looking absolutley petrified, after stopping myself from laughing i helped Hayley and her bag off of the bike, i just wish i had a camera to capture that image. So we are together again and plan to go to Krabi tomorrow. Matt and Hayley.

... for my return to the hectics of American life... Although I came to Samui thinking I might go out dancing or somehow celebrate the full moon, I am a little tired from traveling and feel sumptuous in my decision to vege. Funny that I end up doing it two weekend nights in a row. I guess the sun (burn) and oil massage and my travels have caught up with me and it is time to just relax and be. My hopes of a good movie on TV are answered in the ...

... some much needed bladder relief (after I had flushed the toilet I read the sign stating not to put toilet paper in the toilet and realised then that may have been why it struggled to flush - Leah and I exchanged a "Whoops" as we left the building realising that we had made the same mistake). We boarded the ferry in the knick of time as the heavens opened up and also enjoyed some much needed bladder relief. We ventured into the ...

... by spending time in the seedy hands of Patong. Nick and Liam left for Koh Samui the day after we arrived in Phuket. Dave stayed on but disappeared the first night. He hasn't been back to the room since. Actually he's been off living it up, spending a copious amount of Sterling indulging in the excesses. But he's got just four weeks left until he ...

... beverages, fruit, ice cream and local Thai food for the more daring. A variety of local crafts and Thai souvenirs are also available. Day 2 Morning Ko Nang Yuan The island is nothing but a group of three small islands located to the north of Ko Tao. Offering stunning and breathtaking views, the islands are connected by a three-way stretch of pure white powdery beach. The rich marine ...

... I tried to avoid a puddle, lost my footing and began to fall. Luckily, the longtail boat driver was right behind me and stopped me from falling. I was really grateful because if I had fell, I would have slid down the rocky path a long way. The others in my group were couples and so they were helping each other, it was just me all by myself. I was so glad that after that the longtail boat driver held my hand and guided me on where to step the rest of the way ...

... my revenge by making him sit through a couple of his songs until his ears are bleeding. Ha! We are planning on staying here for 4 nights and then on the 23rd (my birthday!) we are heading to Koh Tao. Well thats the plan so far but I hate plans so we will see. For the next few days anyway I shall being going for the burn to try and get a tan which shouldnt be too hard as its 34 degrees today here and set to get hotter......Will update this with photos soon xx

We had to change bus, ferry, minibus several times, and there was a lot of confusion of what was going on before we finally got to Khao sok national park back on mainland. Unfortunately it rained rained and rained, but we managed to go on a ...

... climbing so Ii gave it a go! It took a few attempts, adn lots of falling back into the lake, but with a hand from Kiam and perseverence I made it :oD it was only once me and Alex had made it up there we realised quite how high it was, adn that jumping was the only way down, eep! I guess it was about 5m but it felt a lot higher! But a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do, so I jumped and it was ace :oD So it was an amazing trip, well worth it :o) Having an ace time xxx