Having travelled for two months and stayed in basic cheap accommodation with a couple of visits to beaches along the way, I did the beach visit properly and had a great week at the Samet Cabana resort on the Ao Wong Deuan beach on the island of Ko Samet. Quiet Golden beaches, great accommodation less than a hundred meters from the beach, and check in straight off a speed boat onto the beach! A bit of luxury, a holiday within my travelling and in the company of ...

A five hour bus trip, air conditioning and two seats and I arrive at Chiang Mai and after being in quieter less touristy places on the way here from Bangkok it is weird again to be in a big city, this is the second city to Bangkok in this country. Busy traffic, neon bars and lots of westerners, this is a big part of the tourist trail. This place has been a great stop for me, so much to do, temples, zipping through the jungle, cooking school, elephants and celeb...

Been working my way through Thailand, back through Bangkok on the train from Hua Hin and then train up to Ayutthaya and then coach to Sukhothai and then coach up to Chiang Mai. Train from Bangkok was bottom class and took two hours and cost 30pence, I think our costing structure could learn something from this country! Third class was a bit basic but with the window open for air con it was not too bad, The busses were all air conditioned, none of this luggage o...

I now know that there will be moments on this trip when I do not feel in control! After a great last night in Bangkok and an early morning to bed, I made the train by being on auto pilot all the way from the hostel to the railway station, slept through the alarm, had minimal sleep and made the 8am train by two minutes. The great feeling I had that morning was that I could lounge on the beach for a few days and recover and chill. Good train journey initially throu...

Spend four night completely bewildered and amazed at this city. So much to see and to do I think a couple or a few visits would be the only way to do it justice. However I did try my best to see and do as much as I could with a great last night with a friend of a friend who took me to a bar to watch football and then various drinking places which reflected the authentic Bangkok night life experience! Thanks Mike for your guidance and advice. Temples, transport...