After leaving Krabi (yay) at 10.30am, we had a 7 hour journey to take us to Koh Samui. After a number of minivans, buses and then a ferry we arrived at Penzys' Guesthouse in Chaweng, Koh Samui.We found this place on hostel world, and it had great reviews so we were really praying it would be ok after our previous night's accommodation.We weren't disappointed!Penzy and her husband David are so lovely and the hostel is great and clean! We could have nearly cried wi...

We had another early start today (8/11/2010) to get our boat to Phi Phi Don, we got picked up from our hostel about 6am, and got into a crammed minivan, off to the harbour, and then on to a pretty sweet ferry for the journey across. Free breakfast! Always goes down well! Arrived on the island around lunchtime, and had booked 1 nights accommodation on the boat through a guide.We were originally planning to spend 1, maybe 2 nights here, but we didn't want to risk b...

We decided to fly to Phuket from Chaing Mai in the North.After looking at the prices it was a similar cost but we preferred the idea of a 90 minute flight over 22 hours on buses!We got into Phuket at around midnight on 2 November and thankfully the hostel had arranged an airport pick up for us which meant we just jumped straight into a car and off to our hostel rather than having to try and haggle a price at that time of night as we were both shattered. There ...

Arrived in Chiang Mai at 7am, and got a Tuk Tuk straight to our hotel.The hotel seemed lovely and our room was ready even though we weren't due to check in for another 4 hours!We went to sleep for a while and then spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing at the hotel. I (Laura) went for a massage at the hotel to help my back (great excuse) and Craig chilled by the pool.Its definitely cooler here than Bangkok, though it's still around 30degrees! That night we got ...

We had an early start on our way to Bangkok - had to leave Hanoi at 5:30 so it was another start before 5am - stinking!!Our morning was made slightly better though as Jack, even though he had already left with the tour group, had arranged for a takeaway breakfast for the 3 of us (Me and the 2 Laura's) - what a legend! No problems at the airport and we arrived in Bangkok at around 10am on 22 October.We jumped on the shuttle bus from the airport which dropped ri...