Greetings from Koh Tao

I'm now writing from Koh Tao, an island off the East coast of Thailand and have to say, definately feel more in 'holiday' mode!

Bangkok was a crazy place to be, so many people everywhere and really humid and sticky! We visited the Grand Palace and some other temples as well as some really cool markets. We lasted 4 nights there before deciding that we all needed the sea so we made the 9 hour trip by bus and boat down to Koh Tao.

The weather has been great up until today where its been raining a bit but never mind! Yesterday we went diving on 2 different sites and I managed to spot a blue spotted stingray and we saw some beautiful reef fish. I actually thought the quality of the dive was better than the Great Barrier Reef as it was more colourful and there was more marine life to look at. We're back on the boat tomorrow and hoping to spot some sharks, they're definately around and lots of people have seen them so fingers crossed:)

The food here is amazing, we've been in Thailand for nearly a week now and not had one bad meal or spent more than 2 pounds on a dinner! On that aspect it beats Australia by miles!!!

Our plan from here is to get the boat to Koh Samui in a few days and then get back onto the mainland and visit some national parks and then head up North to Chang Mai, Chang Rai and Pai but we'll see how that all goes! We're staying here longer than planned so who knows!

Well James loks like he's about to fall asleep sat next to me so I better finish here, ta ta for now!