The last holiday we will have for a loooong time! Two bus journey took us 412KM over two days to the port town of Ranong. You could smell Ranong before you got there as it is a big fish selling town where they ship all their catch all over Thailand. Ranong was where we were to catch the slow boat to our chosen Island Ko Phayam, but when we got to the port we could see it heading to the island in the distance. No fear though, we were to get the sppedboat that wo...

Final Holiday in the Deep South Our final holiday began with a final activity we had long awaited for. We had avoided it in Vietnam and we weren't going to do the same in Thailand. We were going to travel overnight on a train. A total of 1,000 KM's and 15hours was what stood between Bangkok and the deep south. It would have been quicker by bus (because the trains aren't very fast and stop a lot), but this way we felt we would get a better nights sleep. The trai...

Chiang Mai The biggest city in the north of Thailand. Home to many temples and the famous sunday night market. The streets, as we were entering, were lined with coffee houses and restaurants. An old stone wall that circles the 'old quarter' is lined with fountains and well maintained grass and flower beds. It was quick to find accommodation but slow finding one that wasn't already full. We were beginning to notice Chiang Mai is very popular with local people, ho...

Biker Heaven on the Mae Hong Son Loop 125cc fuel injection motorbike was what our butts were going to fall asleep on for the next 4 days. We were embarking on our biggest motorbiking adventure yet, as we finally found a place where you could drop the bike of at a different location than the one you picked it up from. And so for 4 days we were going to be driving around a stretch of road that loops in a full circle in the North-West region of Thailand, all the wa...

Hippy Town Pai, a place of many dread locks, bright tie die and baggy (weird) clothing. A place that was described as relaxing... and relaxing it was not. Nestled in the mountainous region, Pai was stumbled across many years ago by travellers. The travellers were on their way to somewhere else and thought Pai had a 'laid back' kind of ora about it. This was of course many years ago, now Pai is a tourism mecca for the stereotype 'hippie'. The streets lined with ...