Hello and Happy Belated Chinese New Year!

Well after travelling through mainland Malaysia and on to Penang our island hopping plans were somewhat scarpered by the oncoming of Chinese New Year. We had hoped to jump from island to island along the west cosat of Malaysia and Thialand however as there is a 4 day weekend this tends to be the time the Chinese (many of which now inhabit Malasia and Thialand) go on holiday. We could not find accomodation anywhere and the prices began to hike! I know many of you will not be feeling a great deal of sympathy right now... but there it is.

So we hightailed it up to Krabi in Thialand figuring there would be more accomodation there. Krabi itself is a small town and the main departure point for Ko Phi Phi, internationally reknowned island resort.We decided to stay in Krabi and do day trips from here out to the islands. The scenery was spectactular and the food amazing. Here are a couple of pictures from our island adventures.

This on is the beach where the movie 'The Beach' with Leonardo DiCaprio was made. Unfortunately there were about 200 other people there the day we were there!

We have recently spent a couple of days in Phuket at Kata Beach and tonight we travel to Bangkok where we will spend a couple of days before we head for Cambodia and Angkor Wat. Hope all is well. We love getting your emails so keep them coming. Kat and Mike