Right so finishing off where we last left this! From the coach we were originally on we had to get off on a side street, outside what was actually where the company ran its business! We had to show them our receipt to be given a sticker to our destination! We waited there almost an hour until smaller transport came to cart everyone off! A small open backed mini bus came, which Alys joked that this was for us. It actually was for us! Initially we thought this wou...

We spent a lot of time researching places to go and ride on the elephants, those of you who know me well will know I have an obsession (passed down from my mother) with these beautiful creatures. I didn't want to go somewhere that made the elephants do tricks or somewhere that treated them poorly, so we spent hours looking on trip advisor at reviews, and finally settled on Kok Chang, which was only 20 minutes drive from Patong. We caught a taxi to Kok Chang. As ...

What an experience in Koh Samui! The island is a beautiful place, with mountains and rain-forests and white sandy beaches, with the bluest ocean i've ever seen, that stretch for miles. A far cry from the cramped, dirty conditions in Bangkok, unless of course you go to Chaweng Road. The street is dirty and very smelly at times, not exactly a place you would want to sit and watch the world go by, but is lined with all the amenities you need; bars, restaurants, caf...

With another long night flight behind us, we finally reached Bangkok at 8am (1am UK). Luckily for us we didn't have to face another exhausting day carrying our bags on our backs, as we were able to store them in the airport (24 hours for 2quid-you can't complain with that!). After riding in a taxi that (to put simply) scared the life out of us, meandering through the overly hectic roads, we got to our destination. We chose a place called Koh San Road (mainly as w...

Today was the first and last time we carried our backpacks around! Dubai Mall is a little difficult to manoeuvre around when wearing 15kg on your back, quote Amelia Beer 'If there is any incentive not to get fat, this is it'. We couldn't even use the lifts and had to buy a first class ticket for the Metro Train because we couldn't squeeze into the busy economy carriages! Luckily first class is only 2 Dirham more than a standard ticket. The Mall is breath taking,...