We seem to have spent forever travelling but are now spending a night in Bangkok before
flying to Krabi tomorrow to catch a boat to the island of Ko Phi Phi. Our bodies are still on UK time so although it's ten to four, it's also eleven at night and we've been travelling for almost two days so we'll be off to bed soon.

We had no problems getting into Thailand without a visa even though Qatar Airways told us we would; wish we could say the same for Santander who have been a complete pain in the arse and despite three phonecalls - two of which were from abroad, they still haven't activated Simon's credit card to be used abroad. They also now tell us that we can only use the cards in three countries at a time and that we have to phone them each time we move on to the next three. We pointed out to them the pointlessness of a worldwide card if it can't be used worldwide but the irony seems to be lost on them.

Aside from that, we're very excited about a week or two of relaxation in Thailand and very much looking forward to being in Sydney over Christmas and new year with Murf and Vix.

Hope you are all well,

Simon and Jane xx