Luckily my trusted travel writer has been on the ball with some good stories so check these links out in order and then I'll update from there afterwards:
http://badgerstravels.blogspot.com/2007/01/krabi-to-ko-tao.html
Just to point out that the burn on my leg there is probably a bit more hectic than it looks. Still a long way from healing properly and kept me out the water a fair bit (more on that later). Moral of the story though is to always check your bike fully before renting it. I overlooked the rather important fact that bikes really do need the front brakes (helmets are not so important cos on this island there were none at all). Cos the back brake is a foot brake and the front brake is a hand brake. And if you're trying to go down steep dirt tracks with a million rocks, you're eventually going to have to put your foot down for balance. And when your foot is on the floor, there's no more brakes. And when there's no more breaks on a steep incline, there's trouble!
The snorkelling in Koh Tao was awesome squared so check out some more shots from the underwater camera:
The bungalows we stayed in...
An underwater tortoise!
Swimming with sharks was awesome. Up to 4 at once and some decent sized ones around.....
Anyway - after Koh Tao we hit Koh Pangan for (probably) the biggest beach party in the world and then also some real relaxation time:
From Koh Pangan it was onto Koh Samui which was pretty awesome. A lot more developed than the other islands but good to have some civilization and entertainment again. Entertainment being in the form of a monkey show (it's not cruel - they only make the floor a little hot to make them dance). Just kidding!
Lead guitarist of the "not so" arctic monkeys
We got to see the only monkey fire dancer in the world (other than my friend Reeko who has since retired).
A boa constrictor. After this photo, it tried to kill me and we wrestled for an hour. I won!
After 2 days on Samui I realised I needed to make a decision on where to go next and soon cos my visa was expiring. I wasn't too keen to spend 24 hours to do a visa run (go to the nearest border and leave and come back in). If you overstay your visa then you pay about 7 quid a day as a fine - doesn't sound like much but u can almost live on that for a day in Thailand. I was super keen to make a plan to go back to Koh Tao and do a dive course but my leg is taking forever to heal and 5 days of scuba would be no good. So finally decided on heading to Cambodia. Only sh1t thing is that I have to do it on my lonesome cos Bren and Laura have gone back and Badger is enjoying Thailand too much. Check the photo below to see why.
Is it just me or is she trying to look up Badger's little skirt?It gets pretty difficult to get all the photos on a long post so will have to split it here. Next stop - Cambodia!
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