Darren Steele

to spend a clear, crisp, autumnal Sunday morning than having a fire with the remains of the climbing frame and tower.

What started off as this…

eventually ended up as this…

With a little help from Oli…

 

The initial plan was to sell it on eBay but they weren’t selling for much if at all so I decided to just take it apart and worry about what to do with it later.  Turns out it’s quite fortunate I didn’t sell it as the whole thing was rotten when I started to take it apart.  Bit of a death trap really…

It’s that time of year again

Oli desperately wanted a father/son caricature. How could I resist?

We went over to see the Big Bhudda today and then had lunch on Chaweng beach, picked up some bits and pieces followed by beer and a curry. Smashing day

We checked out of noisy road dog poo beach bungalow and moved up into the hills of koh Samui. Private pool (sometimes), biggest hotel room I have *ever* stayed in and absolutely stunning views over to Ko Phangan. Bit of a trek to the shops but ho hum. Off to big bhudda and Chaweng today. 

We made it to Koh Samui. Beautiful sunsets just like we remember but the place has changed massively and not in a good way 🙁

We headed into the Phi Phi national marine park by speedboat. We popped into a few beaches but Hat Maya ( where the beach was filmed ) was just ridiculously busy. Even the main Phi Phi Don beach was pretty rammed. Quite disappointing and annoying in many ways 🙁

We took a speedboat out to a series of islands in Krabi province. Did some snorkeling but the conditions weren’t ideal. I’ll link to a video when I get it all sorted out.

Wedding over we took the first opportunity we could to escape the chaos of Bangkok City and fly out to Ao Nang beach in Krabi province. Massage, snorkeling, streetfood and beer. Not necessarily in that order.