Sun, Sea and Singha

So the trip is very nearly all over. We have spent an extremely relaxing seven days on the island of Koh Chang, 5 hours south east of Bangkok doing...well, pretty much nothing.

The weather has been a particular highlight - it has been HOT hitting the high twenties every day (despite a massive monsoon like thunderstorm last night that knocked out electricity and flooded roads across the island). Another plus point has been the abundance of restaurants and bars on Lonely Beach where we're staying (actually not that lonely) meaning we have eaten lots of quality thai food, drank lots of Singha, played a lot of frisbee (see blue disc in Nadia's hand in the shot to your right), had several thai massages and even had time to get ourselves a couple of suits tailor made by a very nice Burmese man called Henry at a very reasonable price (they've yet to be delivered so there's always the chance he'll flee the country but I'm fairly confident he'll do the business). We have also found a very cool little bar called the 'Treehouse' which sits out in the middle of the water at the south end of our beach where you can while away the evening/day relaxing in a hammock...if you ever find yourself out here, we highly recommend a visit.

Another bonus is that we've managed to catch up with Chris and Sarah, two of our friends from back home who happened to be on holiday out here at the same time which has led to a few late nights, lots of very poor pool playing and some slightly higher quality beach sports.

All in all it's been exactly what we needed to round the trip off. We return home in a few days nursing sun burnt faces, numerous mosquito bites (although we are hopefully malaria free) a lot of knock-off clothes and a more relaxed demeanor than when we left a few months ago. Back to Bangkok tomorrow before flying back home to the glorious November sunshine (we live in hope)