Hey were now writing from Pattaya - town of lady boys, 'Boys town' prossies, sex shows and the rest! anyway 2 days ago we were in Kanchanaburi. Here we did an amasing tour of Erawen national park, the River Kwai and the Death railway during the bamboo rafting we could jump off in our life jackets and the current would drag you peacefully along, without the need for swimming. it was a real life lazy river. The elephant riding was definately an experience, not ...

Hey quick update as the computer were using is rediculously slow and the charge is expensive. We now sat in Kanchanaburi on our own private(literarally) island staying in a wooden hut. There is no one else here as it is Thai new year (still) and low tourist season. It beautiful, picture perfect, photos to follow. We stopped in Ayutthaya yesterday on our way up from Bangkok and staying in adorable traditional thai home which was a guest house. The lady owner was c...

Hey everyone we havn't quite left Bangkok yet after deciding to wait until the new years festival(they are still going strong with their water pistols) ends. Over the last few days we have taken the Chao Phraya river ferry to see several monuments up and down the river. We stayed in a cheapie hotel in Chinatown friday night which wasn't very nice at all i freaked when i found a spider in the bathroom!. Saturday we went to Chatuchak market which is the big...

We left our posh hotel in Siam Square this morning and had half an hour of hassle getting a taxi to Th Khao San which is a popular tourist area. We couldn't work out why it was such a problem and why they all said no can do. So when we finally got one to take us directly there and not to train station or TAT office(commision based tourist agency)we arrived to find a water fight on a gigantic scale. the roads were blocked off and everyone, Thai and tourist was...

Hey, we're sat in our lovely hotel lobby, first blog from Thailand, and it has two swimming pools and a gym! v nice! We left Delhi at 7pm Mon and it is now nearly 7pm Tues - we may go to bed in a mo! We are just so excited as Bangkok is amasing, better than expected. So this our first day and we expect to spend 5 - 7 days in Bangkok doing various things then move up north to do some elephant riding and hill trekking! So we are v tierd and instead of putting t...