Day 66 ctd - Back on the mainland we had lunch and a much needed ice drink before catching the coach for the long drive back to Bangkok. En route we stopped off at a massive food market / service station for some bad fried rice (good to see service station food quality is the same worldwide!) and managed to watch Prince of Persia, Clash of the Titans, Salt, and the A-Team (again!). After finding another Sawasdee Inn Olivia went for some last minute shopping and a...

Day 67 ctd - We collected our bags and caught the train to the next terminal before getting another into the city. An hour later we had found our stop and soon located our twin room at the Rucksack Inn. After a brief break we caught the train and bus to Singapore Zoo with its Halloween themed night safari. After the show involving howling wolves, the grim reaper, a very large snake and otters doing recycling we caught the train around the zoo. The trip involved a...

Days 60 to 66 - We arrived before it was light and had a while to wait to catch our boat, luckily a pretty sunrise over the water occupied our time nicely before we walked along a very dodgy wooden pier to the boat. It took three hours to get to Ko Pha Ngan during which time we got to watch So You Think You Can Dance, a Katy Perry video and Dear John all in a very low volume. Once on the island taxis took us to our beach front hotel (Mac Bay Resort) and beach wee...

Day 59 ctd - Back at Kanchanaburi we found Emily and Mica greeting us and Catherine had a fab cake session with the lovely girls. They had gone back to Kanchanaburi early and discovered a new shopping area so they took Catherine up there for a look around at all the cheap stalls and a few bargains were had. There was even time for a stop at a breathtaking bakery that had been found and a hot dog and cream cone were purchased for dinner later. With our time up we ...

Day 46 ctd - After finding our room, meeting Jack the dog who would follow us everywhere for the next two weeks, and finding the biggest cockroach of the trip so far (even the Thais were impressed!) we went out to 'explore' the village. Less than ten minutes later we were back at the hotel having seen the CJs, 7eleven, market, post office, school and hospital. Following a quick briefing on the next two weeks we went for a cheap restaurant dinner of veg rice for O...