It's been a while....Cambodia came and went in about a week- a few days at Sihanoukville, Phnom Penh, then Siem Reap to see the temples at Angkor Wat before getting the bus to Bangkok. I liked Cambodia as a country, rough and ready in an exciting and genuine way. Thailand is a tourist haven. I decided to take a trip into the jungle before going to the islands, and spent a couple of days playing in caves and lakes and trees, which may or may not have helped me to overcome my irrational fear of bats. I have to admit they do look quite cute when they're hanging upside down but I wouldn't have liked it so much if I hadn't been wearing a hat. The full moon party on Koh Pha Ngan was all it was hyped up to be, no disappointments there. And now I'm in Koh Tao, learning to Scuba dive. I never knew what scuba stood for before. I do now. I can't wait to go on a proper dive tomorrow, I've been learning the skills the last couple of days and now I get to try them out...