Déjà vu on Khao San Road Our final three nights in Bangkok were spent on the infamous backpacker haven of Khao San Road. If you've been to Bangkok before then you've likely visited Khao San Road and understand why it gets its reputation. It is loud and obnoxious, cheap and dirty, chaotic and entertaining, irrational and redundant, amusing and ridiculous… and we happen to love it! It is a place of contradictions and is the only place where an old Shell gas ...

Ayuthaya, August 8 When we were in Bangkok a month ago we intended to visit the old capital of Thailand but the timing and weather just didn't cooperate. We were determined to make the short one hour trip north to Ayuthaya before flying out of Bangkok to Hong Kong. We decided that the quickest, easiest and possibly cheapest way to see Ayuthaya's highlights was to book a day trip that departed from Khao San Road in Bangkok (where we were staying for three night...

Koh Chang, August 6th After a brief night stay in the city of Trat we set our day's goal on the jungle island paradise of Koh Chang. Before boarding the ferry we met a couple from England, Adam and Georgia, who became our travel companions for the following three days. As we sat on the open-aired upper deck of the worn out ferry we were greeted by a fierce monsoon, which is exactly where one would like to be when a monsoon storm hits! Traveling through Asia d...

When writing our travel blog we try to limit the amount of negative material we include; after all, who really wants to hear us complain anyways? If you wanted to hear bad news you could just pick up the newspaper or turn on CNN, right? Most of the time things do work out with a bit of planning and flexibility, but sometimes it doesn't matter how much planning you do, travel plans don't always work out the way you want and bad days will happen. Crossing the Camb...

Bangkok, July 6 Returning to Thailand was something that we were really looking forward to. Although we thoroughly enjoyed our time exploring Japan we were excited to be traveling to a more budget friendly country. It was great to be back to Thailand with its hot, humid weather, its rich culture and beautiful temples, its friendly people, and of course its deliciously inexpensive Thai food! After spending over a week sleeping on the floors of our Japanese ry...