The toilet and shower is open to the elements but has a 2.5m wall topped with broken bottles, to stop people from getting in. On the walls there are pictures of Wales and palm trees made out of shells. The toilet is a flush one with paper! But it also has the little shower for washing your self and I don't bother using the paper. It will probably just block up their sewerage pipes or I`ll find it lying on the beach this afternoon. It is so nice having a shave watching the birds fly overhead. Hope that they don't poo on me.

My teeth don't have the Fuzz on them and my breath doesn't smell, unlike when I`m in England. Could it be the food?

I can't find my "Footsteps guide to Thailand". I must have lost it between Koh Toa and here. Petty as it was a great guide and must see about getting a replacement. It is almost indispensable, if only, for the maps of the towns and where the guesthouses are. And I need something to work out where head next.

Rent a motorbike from an old lady across the road from the resort. She tried to charge me 35B a litre for fuel but I bartered her down to 25B. Imagine doing that in England at the ESSO station! But, then again, on the mainland the cost of fuel was only 18B. So she was making a healthy mark up anyway. The roads are good and mostly flat around this bit of the island. They follow the valleys between the standard steep cone shaped Thai mountain. Did find one road that got quite steep though. When it started to turn into a sandy track with big gullies in it I start to think that this was not a good idea. Got about a quarter of the way down the slop before I decided to turn around. Wasn't as easy as I first thought. I kept sliding down the hill and had to get off the bike to turn it around and stalled the engine. I tried to push it up the hill but it was too heavy and unwieldy. I ad to go down the track a bit further until I could turn off on to a side track that was flat enough for me to kick start the bike and gave it loads of revs. With a bit of luck, I managed to zoom straight up the hill without too much hassle. Not doing that again. Now I know why people say don't take bikes on un-surfaced roads.

Enjoyed zooming along the empty roads singing "Born to be wild" at the top of my voice. I started to make up verses, as I couldn't remember the original ones. Found a Nature Park and went for a 2.5km walk. It certainly wasn't 2.5Km! It was up a 45deg hill and there was hardly any path to follow. It sort of followed the course of a river and every so often you would get a small sign either explaining something about the view or water fall/trickle (it was the dry season) or pointing out the path. It went over boulders and through tree roots, not for the old or infirm. Finally got to the top and met a French bloke from Paris and got him to take my picture. Sent TXT to my sister Claire, as I found that I have a 5 by 9 mobile signal. Saw butterflies with 10cm wingspans and dragonflies with 15cm ones!

After my hill climb in the Nature Park I get on my bike and head south, the roads became more and more hilly. The southern costal road is very bad. It weaves its self up and down the costal cliffs. I had to stay in second gear most of the way, either to give me a enough revs to get up the hills or give me engine breaking down the other sides. After going quite a long way I pull in and walk along the beach. It's not a good beach, its not very wide and has a lot of litter on it. I decide to head back as the road looks like it gets even more roller coaster like.

Saw "The big tree" with loads of red ribbons tied around it. There was a Wat close by, but there is always a Wat close by to anything in Thailand.

At the main town near the pier I went into a book shop/travel agent and tried to replace my Footsteps Guide but they didn't do it, so had to get a Lonely Planet one instead. It has all the same info but I prefer the layout of the Footsteps one. I ask the bloke about getting over to the mainland by car ferry and they look a bit confused when I say that I only want a ticket to Surat Thani. "Surely you don't want to stay there?" I was asked. "Where you go from there?"

I say that I want to stay in Surat Thani and see the sights. "No sites there. You go to Bangkok? Yes? I book you train ticket to Bangkok? I get you on sleeper train?" I am adamant that all I want is to go to Surat Thani and with a funny look the bloke books a ticket for the Car Ferry, one way to Surat Thani. I get the impression that Surat Thani is some kind of hellhole that only a mad person would go to. Even the guidebook says there is nothing there and describes it as a big industrial town with good transport links to other places. I am intrigued by this and are determined to see this place for my self and make my own mind up about it. I only have to spend one night and can move on the next day if it is really awful. I`m here to explore and not be herded like a sheep like tourist to all the Honey Pot Places.

Found a better way back from the pier that the taxi driver took. It followed the coast and had nice views over the sea to some of the islands sticking out of the water like up side down ice cream cones. Gave back the bike to the old woman who was followed by lots of chickens, must have been their feeding time.

When I got back to the resort I went for a swim. The water was very shallow along way out until it hit a coral shelf and then dived steeply down. Cut my foot on the coral was quite pissed of at my self for being so stupid and wished I had invested in some diving shoes. Must get some before I go swimming again. The cut was quite deep but looked clean. As I swam back to the beach, I started to talk to a German woman with her son, called Tim. Her bikini top and bottom didn't match, she had a black top but flowery bottoms, it looked quite strange.

Decided to eat at the resort, as I wanted to look after my food and don't feel like walking far. Had red curry and watched "The Score" on VCD.