Just a quick one from Rach to update you all on the madness that has been our second visit to Bangkok. Well we have indeed made the most of our 2 days here this time round, and actually all really enjoyed it! We got a boat from Koh Tao and then a coach from Chumporn and should have arrived in Bangkok at 5 am on Monday morning, but Thai time being the way it inevitably is, we actually arrived at 1.30 am on Monday morning! Never trust Thai travel agents, they alwa...

Hellooo!! Sorry to have been so lame with the blog updating - me and Al seem have to gone into a lazy trance like state where we can only manage to get out of bed, sunbathe and eat, writing is too much effort hahah! So weve been on the paradise Island of Koh Tao for a week and a half now, getting itchy feet to move on now as we havnt been having many adventures but we have got some marvelous tans and are in a very chilled out state of mind. Swimming in the sea is...

Hi guys! it's alex.. we're in koh tao after leaving the best place ever - VANG VIENG (stopping at the worst place ever KO PHANGANG BLEUGH)! Mieke or rach will update about Vang Vieng where we spent an amazing 3 days.. includin miekes bday and tubing and cycling!!! So we booked a place in Ko Phangan last week whilst we were in Chiang Mai for tues to sat.. so we would be able to go to the full moon party. we flew from Laos to Ko Samui and stayed there for a night...

Well, we arrived in Vang Veing in Laos after a 6 hour car ride, poor Mieke was not enjoying a travel sick start to her birthday! Although things perked up when we found a stall that sold bagettes and laughing cow cheese for lunch mmm!!! More of those please! Vang Vieng is a tiny little town in the middle of the mountains and from the moment we got out of the car we fell in love! (Well, I most definately did!) Al instantly spotted our Canadian chums Lewis and Chri...

DAY 2 CHIANG MAI - LAOS! OK!! Sooo... we were rudely awoken by the horrible sound of cockerals squaking at about 5am nooooooooooo!!! One sounded like a normal cockeral, the other sounded as if it was dying!! We attempted to go back to sleep, then the horrible alarm clock woke us up at 7am (alarm clocks should only be allowed when you're going to work, not when you're on holiday boo)! We were so tired, the girls had drunk far more beer lao than me, and the phr...