...I've been up to so much, its hard to know where to start. I guess Bangkok. After returning to Bangkok for the New Year, we headed down to Khao Lak, on the west coast. From here we planned to go diving in the Similan Islands, but there was a fuck up and we got left behind on the mainland. We decided to head for Phuket (pronouced poo-get not fuckit), we heard it was quite popular with British tourists. We soon found out why. It was just like a tacky Spanish resort, strip bars and prostitutes included! We decide to try a dive here as well, and so went with a company run by Europeans, rather than Thais. We were picked up on time (German effiency), but we had a crap dive because the dive master thought that our inexperience would not be a problem on the advanced site we were diving. It was a problem. The bloke who sold us the dive just lied to us. We decided to keep moving down the coast and ended up in a little town (village) called Ao Nang (nr. Krabi). This town was excellent. From here we went snorkeling, diving (where we saw leopard sharks, dolphins, turtle, manta rays) and relaxing on the beach. Whilst I went on a 3 day diving trip Kerry tried her hand at rock climbing and went on a trip to James Bond Island (Man with the Golden Gun). My diving trip took me via Maya Bay, where 'The Beach' was filmed. We also took a trip to Phi Phi Island. Our visas eventually ran out, so we had to leave, and head to Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia. Take care, Mike.