The journey from Siem Reap to Bangkok took some 12 hours. The journey itself was straightforward enough and pretty bumpy for the 5 hours to the Thai border. The road really was little more than a series of potholes arranged in a straight line - it would have been smoother to have gone off road over the fields! The border crossing was smooth as anything and we glided through without having to bribe anyone, which is contrary to the usual stories we hear from near e...

It was a sad day when we had to say goodbye to Ko Chang and travel back to Bangkok. The journey was amazing. It took us 8 hours. 3 Hours longer than it should have done. On the mainland, after crossing on the ferry there was floods.Very entertaining to look out of the window and see people swimming down the road, in boats and even fishing of all things!!Dan was a bit hung over as the owner of our guest house, Net had taken us to a thai pub for a goodbye...

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 ...