The Big Trip...

Hey everyone

So this is my final update from SE Asia as i am heading back to Bangkok tomorrow and then off to Hong Kong the following day.

The second day of diving was just as good as the first..and i took an underwater camera down with me so I have lots of pictures of all the aquatic life! However, i think i was poisoned by the falafal restaurant (serves me right for not eating thai food) and i spent teh day on the boat feeling sick and not eating (which are not the best conditions for diving).

I came back after the course was finished and just had a chilled out night and went to bed early cause I was feeling ill, while Jo went out with the group of lads that are in the room next door to us.

The next few days passed in a blur of lying on the beach, going out for meals, and partying it up until 5am every night. The the full moon party came. Now, this island is absolutely lovely, and really really quiet and that is why me and Jo love it here. Once the full moon party approached the population increased tenfold and teh island became almost unbearable. The day of teh full moon party, you could barely walk down the street without haveing to say 'excuse me' every 2 seconds to get people to move out of the way!

The party itself was overrated. Far too many people, too hectic and just not that much fun...but it was an experience and we are glad that we went. My biggest recommendation to anyone would be to go to the 1/2 moon party over the full moon..100%.

Anyway, we left the party at around 4am (we are lightweights) and went to bed. At 11am the boys next door started banging on our door, woke us up and dragged us to teh after party on the cliff top overlooking the beach....the boys hadnt been to bed yet. And neither had anyone at the after party. Except us. Who were sober as a judge and everyone else was still drinking beer. Craziness.

Remembering the mess of the night before, me and Jo decided to give the beach a miss as we feared it would be covered with passed out bodies, shards of glass and general dirt. Instead we found a lovfely 5* resort that would let us use their pool and facilities for 100 baht for teh day (about 1 pound 50..so pretty reasonable). And so the past 3 days have been spent lying by a stunnin gpool and pretending we are living the life of luxury..only to go back to our cheap (yet cheerful) room at the end of the day.

To maximise time in the sun (and to work on my tan) we decided that the best possible option to get back to bangkok would be to fly...so tomorrow night we fly from Samui to Bangkok at 10pm, meaning i have another night of sleeping in the airport before my flight to Hong Kong the following morning. Jo is leaving to go home at 1am...so its all going to be a little bit rushed for her at bangkok..c'est la vie.

Anyway, next time I update it will be from Hong Kong and onto the final leg of my trip.

Hope everyone is well at home and counting down the days till I return.

love danielle xxx