Although it's so close to Bangkok and being the countrys 2nd largest island, kho Chang isn't on the traditional island-hopping itinary. After just an hour or so of arriving though I could not work out why. This was going to be my last proper stop before home and was relieved to see it was a fitting place to end this leg of my travels. Compared with Kho Chang, the very relaxed Sihanoukville was a bustling metropolis. One afternoon I went into a travel agents to fi...

There was a young couple on the ferry to Phi Phi who spent pretty much the entire journey arguing with each other... well actually the woman was a complete witch and if he'd lobbed her into the sea i'd have been the first to applaud him but that's beside the point. What im trying to say is that I can pretty much guarantee that as soon as we arrived on the island their anger was replaced with pure calm. It is impossible not to be in a permanent state of childish g...

We headed down South from Kanchanaburi on an over-night bus and after arriving in Phuket town, headed straight to Patong, one of the main beach towns on the island. We arrived in Phuket the day before Thai New Year (a celebration that lasts two days and is pretty much just a massive water fight) and the warm-up to the big event waas already under way with people squirting us with water guns as we looked for a hotel. our first night was quite quiet, although i did...

Kanchanaburi - a place I could never forget with a name I can never remember. Now dont get me wrong, India was absolutely amazing, from having chai tea with the bus drver after a 16hour journey to watching men in suits hanging off (and one time fall off) speeding trains, I loved every crazy minute. But feel free to blow my little socks off there Thailand! Bangkok was a belter and Kanchanaburi (up until a few days ago I never knew existed) is probably THE most be...

After our over-night flight we arrived in Singapore and had a few hours to kick around the airport before getting our connection to Bangkok, time we mostly spent marvelling at how clean the toilets were compared to what we had grown used to in the last 10 weeks. Not one rat in sight. Joanne unfortunately wasnt feeling well so I tried my best to get her comfortable and give her sympathy before scoffing down all her food on the plane as well as mine. Our second fli...