Dream Hill Resort Ko Phangan

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Thursday 5th June This was going to be a VERY long day, have to get from Phnom Penh to Koh Phangnan today. After a quick breakfast we took a taxi to the airport and then all the drama occured. After I hid around the corner, Kev checked in our bags and we then still had 2 bags each hand luggage. Kev had got our boarding passes and when we got to entrance to go to internation departures the chap looked at our boarding passes and then said we had not paid our "departure tax." We were so shocked ...

From Sat. 7th - Wed. 11th June On Koh Phangnan For the next 5 days we stayed at the Dream Hill Resort and totally chilled out because we had so rushed around buying all these handbags that we needed a total rest. On the first full day there we sun tanned around the pool of the resort and read our books and did absolutely nothing. For 2 of the days Kev did hirt a motorbike which is an essential thing to do. The first day with the motorbike we drove to the capital, Thongsala and bought our tick...

Well this s the last update from Thailand, off to Malaysian Borneo today with any luck... The journey from Khao Sok to Koh Phangan was pretty smooth, but very long and not smooth for everyone. After about 1 hour 45 minutes of being on the bus an American we were sitting near realised he had left his wallet back in the hotel, so he had to jump off, wait for another bus, only to have to start again, he was only on a two week holiday and it probably took most of that to get back on track!! Still...

We got a free transfer to another beach on the island, haad yao, further north. We spent the day on the beach, trying to get brown, but not burn. After a spell in the sea we showered and had some food, before looking for a nearby Jazz bar called the Juju Bar, which as it turned out, didn't exist anymore, even though it was in the latest edition of the island's magazine which we had come across.

So we bought beer, played cards and listened to Rodrigo y Gabriella. Sweet!

Sarah got early up like a loner to go wakeboarding on a nearby beach, but chickened out and had breakfast instead. By the time Steph and I woke up it was 12.30, so we went for lunch :)

The waiter told us about this evening's Muay Thai Boxing and said he would organise everyone to go. This sounded awesome as we had missed our opportunity to go in Bangkok, as it was expensive, and was likely to be too much hassle to get to (like everywhere you can't get a train to in the city).

We...