Blog Day 90 Thurs 4th August 2011 We are off to Krabi today, leaving at 6am and arriving at 3pm. (We have also been together 7 ½ years today!!!) After checking in & freshening up we source out the town, it's about a 20min walk into the center of the town and there are people the whole way offering you taxis despite the fact that its 1 main road, & again trying to sell you suits & gadgets etc. We have a late lunch and then it's back to hotel to chi...

Blog Day 86, 87 Sun 31st July & Mon 1st August 2011 Day 1 After handing over the keys to the scooter, we find a nice little café for breakfast before we board the boat to Samui. We don't actually arrive at our hotel until late afternoon. We are staying in Chewang & when they say this place is touristy they mean this place is touristy! IT'S NUTS! I mean how many times can you seriously be asked if you want a taxi, tuk tuk, suit, look in their shop or...

Blog Day 83, 84, 85 Thurs 28th, Fri 29th & Sat 30th July 2011 Day 1 So after an over-night coach ride to Surat Thani, 20 minutes coach ride to Don Sak pier, then a 3 hour ferry journey we finally step onto Koh Pha Ngan. As we walk along the pier we are bombarded with taxi offers. Seeing as we have no idea where our 'resort' is we hop into an open back taxi van with a load of other travelers. The rate is set at 50 baht per person. Which turns out shocking...

Blog Day 79 Sun 24th July 2011 Today we get the hell out of here and what a good day to be going too as it is absoulutly pouring it down with rain. Just going from the hotel to the taxi we get drenched. The airport is only about a 30min drive away & cost us a quarter of what we got stung for, for a 10min journey when we very first arrived here in Ho Chi Minh. We are headed back to Bangkok, our flight gets delayed only by about 15mins but when you can't wai...

Blog Day 76-78 Thur 21st-Sat 23rd July 2011 Day 76 Early today we get to the office & have to wait a further hour & a half before the bus finally arrives & we jump on it headed towards Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City). Snacks today are Pot noodle when we stop for lunch, m&ms & ketchup & mayonnaise flavored pringles which are actually really nice. We are on the bus all day & finally arrive late evening. After getting charged an extortionate ...