After a bit of trouble with money seeking taxi drivers we arrived at our hotel just of Khao San Road where our plan was to spend 2 nights in Bangkok and then head to Cambodia before the Songkran festival. We spent the first day catching up on sleep following our bus journey and spoke to a few people on Skype. We had a laugh as we spoke to Phil but the Mother in Law was at work so he videoed our conversation so he wouldn't get in trouble for not passing on all...

We said goodbye to Kim this morning and got picked up but a taxi to be taken to the pier and our ferry to Koh Phi Phi (pronounced pee pee not fee fee). The boat trip took longer than expected because we initially headed to the beautiful town of Railay Bay which was where we were initially told to stay, only being a dreamlike paradise location, it's a little bit outside of our budget! As we floated in the perfect waters just off the shore waiting for another b...

We left Koh Samui early this morning to get the first ferry back to the mainland port of Surat Thani and slept all the way. From there we got a small bus that took us several hours to the next big town where we swapped buses again and travelled to the main town nearest to our destination of Ao Nang, a small town in the Krabi region. When we finally arrived at that destination we had to get a taxi to our hotel but there was one small problem. When we booked t...

The boat journey between Koh Phangan and Koh Samui only takes about 30 minutes as the 2 islands are very close. In fact, if you stand on the southern most point of Koh Phangan you get a brilliant view of northern Koh Samui and vice versa. Once we pulled up at the pier and made a scrambled exit along with hundreds of other tourists of the boat we decided to get a taxi to take us to our hotel. Our initial plan had been to walk and save some money as the hotel ...

Our ferry docked at about 11.30am and after grabbing our backpacks we went in search of a Songathew to take us to Shiralea Backpackers which is in the northwest of the island by a beach called Haad Yao. Haad Rin is the popular backpacker beach and is on the southernmost point of the island. It's also home to the world famous Full Moon parties but it's not full moon and we're not staying there. We had chosen a quieter area based on several recommendations. S...