Dear All,We are currntly on Ko Chang Island. We are having a fantastic time here even though it is monsoon season and a bit rainy. It is still hot and the rain comes as a welcome relief in some ways and I'm sure in a few months time we will be dreaming of rain when the hot season kicks in.Anyway, as I was saying we are in Ko Chang island. Ko meaning island and Chang meaning elephant. Yesterday we went on an elephant ride and went to the river. We could h...

After a long, long flight from Heathrow we made our way by an overpriced taxi to the Kao Sahn Road - the backpackers first traditional stop for accomodation. Hadn't banked on the heat or smell or noise or excitement to our senses that had been dulled from many hours of flying, so was all a bit overwhelming.We checked into a long established guest house just off the Kao Sahn and almost immediately dumped our stuff and went out into the early evening just ...

Still doesn't feel as though we are really going, but in two short days we will be in the air on our way to Bangkok.We have partially packed and a few odds and ends to tie up before then. Most importantly we have decided to give up smoking, courtesy of Allen Carr's book, who has made the whole process actually very easy. We now hope to really experience this trip without having to worry about what the Khmer is for "Twenty Mayfair and a box of matches...