After arriving in koh samui we hopped in a red taxi for a ride to Chaweng beach and our hotel. We bargained a price for the room then got ready quickly and made a beeline for the beach! It was stunning. Perfect white sand and bright blue sea! Just as we got onto the beach we were approached by a man with his monkey! Georgie was really excited so as it was her birthday I paid for her to have a photo holding the monkey. It was really cute, specially when it held he...

First challenge - find Georgie!! We checked in and left our bags while we went to find a tuk tuk to the airport. After finding a hotel, they called one for us, we hopped in and were on our way. It took a lot longer than expected to get there, but once we did we found George pretty quickly. We all got back in the tuk tuk to take Georgie's stuff to the hotel. The rest of the afternoon was spent wondering around the central market, where George bought her first pair...

We landed at hanoi airport at about 6pm. From here we got a taxi with three English guys (stu, James and Connor) to old quarter in hanoi city centre. We checked into our hotel, where an incredibly friendly Peter introduced us to the hotel and chatted to us for quite a while before carrying my bag up to our room! We went out for a quick dinner, where we quickly learnt that in the street cafes, the smaller the plastic chairs to sit on- the cheaper the beer and food...

We spent pretty much the whole day travelling today, as we didn't arrive at our hotel in Bangkok until 6pm. We checked into Rikka Inn on the famous Khao San Road. We put our bags in the room then headed straight out to book our travels for the next few days. After going up the main street we went in several travel agents looking for the best price. They explained to us that as it was their Queens birthday at the weekend, it was a national holiday so all overnight...