It seems like a very long time since I have posted a blog update, and as we are about to leave another area of Thailand I thought it was time for another. Krabi province has given me some of the best experiences of the trip so far, and most of them unplanned and unexpected. Since my last blog entry I have eaten some of the best (and unusual) food of my life, been chased off, and fed wild monkeys, bought a perfectly broken watch off a market stall and stayed in t...

And so it has already been ten days and we must say goodbye to Ko Samui. The last of the Thai Islands but not the last of us lying on the beach doing very, very little I fear. It was very sad indeed leaving Ko Phangan as it was my favourite part of the trip so far, and it didn't seem like we had spent nearly long enough there. None the less, the next leg of our trip started well and on the ferry over we made a knew chum! Craig! Nice fellow. In Thailand for just...

OK, so it's been a while since my last blog entry. Time to try and paint a little picture. For the last week, my days have contained little. This is far from a bad thing ... We have found the Thai islands. Our accomodation couldn't be better. Walk down the long and sandy leela beach, lined with coconut trees and you will find a wooden bridge, follow this around the headland and you will find the lighthouse bungalows. There are many things I love about this place...

If, in the future, someone was to walk into a room and say "who here has been elephant riding, sunk a bamboo raft, fallen arse over tit down a muddy slope and watched anchorman on an ipod whilst sat on top of one of the tallest peaks in Thailand?" ... I will be able to put my hand up! The three days we have just spent trekking through the hills above Chiang Mai have been the best since we arrived in Thailand. I should mention early, hand on heart, th...

Getting ready to leave my favourite place of the trip so far. Sukhothai is amazing. Split into two parts, (new Sukhothai and old Sukhothai) makes it easy to explore. On our first day here we took advantage of the free bike rental at our resort and explored the new section of the city. Nearly got myself a tidy new watch for 1,000 Baat (about twenty quid) but just can't bring myself to shop this early into the trip! Today we went for a change of pace and visited ...