It rained all night and poured into our bedroom through a light fitting - straight onto Tara's bag via her bed! We discover this at 5am and after some scurrying around with towels and plastic bags and some relocation of furniture we get a bit more sleep before breakfast. Our transfer to the Khao Lak Merlin Resort is at 10.30am so there isn't muc...

This has really been my favorite city in Thailand so far! It's small, not too touristy, and the public park has caves in which little monkeys play on the vines that hang over ponds. We walk to the "Heaven and Hell Temple" and we see how it earned its name. It's filled with statues of characters engaged in either hellish torture or heavenly bliss...

Went with Mr Keans tour around Phang Nga bay on a long boat. Went to several caves, through the mangroves, visited the Muslim village on stilts (quite touristy), had luch on a deserted beach and went to the so-called James Bond Island. Roger Moore has a lot to answer for. What would be a picture perfect island of two huge limestone columns risin...

This morning we set off to James Bond island located within the Phang Nga Bay area. We didn't really know what to expect from this trip. Luckily for us we were not disappointed, and this turned out to be a excellent trip and is worth booking if you are on Phuket. We originally booked the trip for the day before but Bob came down with severe food...