Sitting in Bangkok airport waiting for flight to Vietnam

Hello!

We are almost 3 weeks in to our travels and absolutely loving it, we have definately got used to the nomadic lifestyle!

After leaving Haad Yuan in Koh Phagnan we headed for Koh Tao. We had been there before 4 years ago but it was so much prettier than we'd remembered. We found a gorgeous beach called Ban Chalok ( i think!) which had the whitest sands and the clearest turquoise sea. We were so happy to have found it, a little piece of paradise!

Koh Tao is one of the best places in Thailand for diving and snorkelling so we embarked on a 3 day scuba diver course. It was absolutely incredible, one of the bese experiences of my life. I was a bit nervous before hand but once i was in the water all my fears seemed to vanish! It was quite an intense course, we were out from 9 am until 6 om every day and we had to study for an exam too. We dived to 20 metres on our last dive which was amazing. The sea life around there is wonderful, we saw the most colourful fish, a sea snake, barracudas, trigger fish etc etc. We now have our PADI license which means we can dive any where around the world so we are thinking we will dive in Vietnam, Malaysia and Oz, we are hooked now!! I would definately recommend it!

So after a wonderful time in Koh Tao we headed back to Bangkok for one night and met up with our friend Sophia. We had a great night out, went to a fab restaurant and then had a few too many drinks until the wee early hours, hence we are feeling rather fragile whilst waiting for our flight to Hoh Chi Minh City!

We are staying in Ho Chi Minh tonight and then we head to an island just south of Vietnam called Phu Quoc, we are very excited as it is described in the guide books as a little piece of paradise! We are meeting up with Jenni and Dan there and having a little holiday with them before they head back to the UK, we can't wait to see them.

After 5 days in Phu Quoc the roughing it will really start and we will travel up through Vietnam , across to Laos and then through to Cambodia.

Anyways, best run to catch our flight, we will update again soon and upload pics when we can.

Lots of love Caroline and Joel xxxxx