The Final Leg Begins For the first time in Asia we were crossing a land border all by ourselves. Now it's not that difficult, but at every single land crossing we've been on a bus of some sort and the driver has always taken everyones passports and helped us across. This time was different because it was only the Mekong River that separated Laos and Thailand. As we crossed the river to the Thai border on a narrow river boat, the scenery behind us surely was beau...

Want to come look in my shop...? Lights, camera, ACTION! That is what Bangkok is all about. We arrived at 3.30am and taken by a tuk tuk around the corner for 50baht (1pound) this would be our taste of getting ripped off in Asia Bangkok. Its only a pound but it hurt our pride as we knew after we could have walked it in 2mins literally. First impressions of it was if you were a naiive tourist who wasn't street wise then you had better wise up and fast! We had dec...

The worst start to an Island visit From Penang we were once again on a coach riding up through Thailand! Crossing the land border was different, we felt like refugees. The officer who stamped our passports shouted at the man infront of us which started to get my blood pumping... luckily when it came to us 'well behaved westerners' he was v.smiley :) With 15 days to explore Thailand let the fun begin!! Our coach journey took us to, 'Hat Yai' South of Thailand. T...