Yesterday we arrived in the island paradise of Koh Phi, via an extremely long journey from Chiang Mai. It started with the night bus on Monday night, and ended with a ferry on Wednesday morning, and went through Bangkok and Phuket on the way! But its all worth it, Phi Phi is everything you would expect and is fast becoming one of our favourite places..... On our last day in Chiang Mai we went to Sang Bo, the artisan area of town. It involved a tuk tuk dri...

Well, its been a busy few days here in Chiang Mai so I'm afraid I'm just going to have to go right back to where I left off and start from there!! The night before we went off on our trek we went to the night markets. They're very similar to many of the other markets we've been to in Thailand, but they were still very cool. Not quite as near to the hostel as we'd been promised though! Decided not to stay out too late as we wanted to make sure we were on t...

This morning I had had enough of Thailand. I threw ALL my toys out the pram and had a proper tantrum. The last 24 hours have been pretty disastrous and I had reached my limit. Thankfully, after a couple of hours sleep I am feeling a little calmer but it was touch and go for a minute! It all started yesterday when we were waiting for our bus back to Bangkok from Kanchanaburi. Not only was the bus half an hour late, but when it arrived it was absolutely ja...

Quick final entry from Kanchanaburi, ahead of our bus back to Bangkok from where we will be catching the overnight bus up to Chiang Mai.....lovely! So yesterday we finally got to go on our trip, much to our relief! It was a long day, but a good one. First stop was the amazing Erawan National Park, to go to the Erawan Waterfall. It is basically one incredibly long waterfall, divided up into 7 main tiers that go for over 2 kilometres. We decided to head up...

So, here we are in Kanchanburi, home of the famous Bridge Over the River Kwai. We got here yesterday, and to be honest, we were just grateful to arrive in one piece! Thai beer is stronger than its English counterpart, so despite not having THAT much to drink the night before, we were feeling less than sparkly and not exactly looking forward to the bus journey over here, but hey, we thought at least we'd be able to catch up on a bit of sleep. Not so - the bus t...