Southern Thailand
01: Southern Thailand – Koh Samui. Lamai
01: Southern Thailand – Koh Samui. Lamai

Tuesday 29th August 2006 Travel day today. Taxi to the airport and flight from Hanoi to Bangkok. Two or three hours in the Airport then another flight down to Phuket. Beaches and Islands here we come. As to which ones? not sure. Wherever the weatherman tells us really. Just been fleeced at the airport. Oh [...]

01: Southern Thailand – Koh Samui. Thai Boxing
01: Southern Thailand – Koh Samui. Thai Boxing

Saturday 2nd September 2006 Andy woke up with a really bad stomach upset. Basically it was a case of two exits, no waiting. Really bad. In his words – ‘this is NOT what it is all about’. Had to stay within a quick dash to the bathroom all day. Not much fun for Michelle either [...]

02: Southern Thailand – Koh Pha-Ngan
02: Southern Thailand – Koh Pha-Ngan

Monday 4th September Booked our ferry to Koh Phan Ngan for the morning, sent a few emails and did interweb stuff and banking. Went back to the beach. Laid on it. Said ‘this is what it’s all about’ one more time and just bobbed about in the beautifully warm water of the Gulf of Thailand. [...]

02: Southern Thailand – Koh Pha-Ngan. Hat Rin
02: Southern Thailand – Koh Pha-Ngan. Hat Rin

Thursday 7th September Beach during the day, Movie at one of the posher resorts down the beach with a pool and better facilities including taxi service to and from the Full Moon party, result. Booked that and let the evening unfold. The whole beach was alight with fire dancers, fire balloons, body paint and glow [...]

03: Southern Thailand – Koh Tao
03: Southern Thailand – Koh Tao

Friday 8th September Luckily not to much of an early start after the full moon party. We decided to catch the express boat to Koh Tao instead of the Catamaran. Bit slower but not as bumpy (Michelle hates boats at the best of times!) This place is for divers and if you don’t dive or [...]