Ko Tao 23rd Oct - Sat 28th Oct 2006Beat the boys hands down! They thought they did good by going elsewhere to buy their tickets to Ko Tao from Ko Pha-Ngan. We said our goodbyes as they left to catch their bargain 400Baht fast boat from town. When we met them at the port, we realised their fast boat was the same as the 300Baht 'slow boat' that we had paid for and been chauffeur driven from our hostel.On the boat we perfected our bartering skills by letting...

Ko Pha-Ngan Oct 20th - Oct 23rd 2006 What a day! We left Koh Phi Phi for our mammout boat-cattle truck-bus-bus-boat-rollercoaster ride journey to Koh Pha-Ngan. The journey started with Jen and Rebecca frying themselves on the deck of the boat in the cloud and rain. We met Roland and Nev on the bus - team Thailand had grown to 5 again. We were abandoned in the rain by one bus to wait for another. Rebecca paid 5Baht to use the mens toilet!! Roland taught us a ne...

Left Chiang Mai with Irene on sat 14th on overnight bus to Bangkok. It was the best bus in the world with Burberry pillows and a man who kept bringing us loads of food from take-away pork and rice to custard cake and chocolate biscuits. We then flew from Bangkok to Krabi before getting the boat to Ko Lanta. Arriving 24hours after we set off.Ko Lanta - 15th Oct - 17th Oct 2006In Krabi we missed the 100Baht airport shuttle into town. After having a bit of a su...

CHIANG MAI 9th Oct - 14th Oct 2006 Attended evening Thai cooking course - see photos at www.cookinthai.com for 10th Oct 2006. The next day we set off on our 3 day trek into the jungle with our guide Jay. Met Chloe and Laura which made it an all-girl trek. Lucky Jay! Stopped at a waterfall which we climbed down - but mad woman Irene climbed up an even bigger one. It was all a walk in the park for Jay. We then had lunch at small village where Jay provided us wi...

SUKHOTHAI - 8th OCT - 9th OCT 2006 Got the train to Sukhothai after leaving flooded bathroom (courtesy of cathryn) in Ayuthaya, but that was no flood compared to what lay ahead. Feeling adventurous, Jen and Cathryn decided to investigate the toilet facilities of the train. Could not open the toilet door. But after many attempts we conquered one door to discover a squatter! Cathryn led the way and went first to try and show Jen all things are possible in Thailand...