Poisoned to Deaf

It's been a while since our last post, but we have been really busy lazing on the beach. Sorry about that!

We left Chiang Mai and flew down to Phuket where we were met at the airport by the owner of the place we were staying. Only five minutes by car from the airport, but away from the noise, we rented a villa set in a lush tropical garden with a pool that was shared with only two other villas (we had to ourselves most of the time!).

The beach was only a short walk away, so if we weren't lazing by the sea, we would laze by the pool!

Lunch and dinner was at a different local beach shack everyday, which was great until we 'went Western' and had pizza and pasta. Disaster struck when the simple pasta dish turned my stomach upside-down, causing severe food poisoning.  The same day, Nikky had managed to catch an ear infection. What a pair! It wouldn't have been so bad had we not planned a 7hr journey to the island of Ko Lanta the nexy day. After a sleepless night running to-and-from the toilet, and Nikky exhausted from battling her ear ache, we strapped on our backpacks and dragged ourselves down the road to meet the mini-bus to take us to the port. The ferry to Ko Lanta was the most torturous four hours ever!

We eventually made it to our hotel and spent the next three days recovering. We are now both a lot better, Nikky can hear again and I can eat again! Ko Lanta is nice, with a beautiful empty beach and great sunsets. We have one more day to enjoy it and then we are getting back on the ferry to Phuket for another week in our luxury villa! So much for backpacking....but it's our last week and we intend to make the most of doing nothing.

We can't upload photos from here, but we will try to get some up soon.

See you all far, far too soon.