Phuket Town. I somewhat liken this town to Dumaguete in the Philippine's Hot, colourful not as big but it seems to give off a similar vibe. We are staying at the Thalang guest house which is described in our lonely planet book as " a decrepit old shop house which oozes charm", oh and its cheap. Our room is gargantuan and reasonably cool. We dump our bags off and hide away from the midday 35degrees heat pumping out of the sky and are deciding on maybe co...

Khao Sok. After a slight debacle with getting our bus tickets (we were not actually given any by the woman at the bus station)! We are en route to the scenic Khao Sok, just a short bus journey from Surat Thani- 2 hours to be precise. Jade and I alight the bus and once again get greeted with the south east Asian traditional salesman, each one vying for your attention. So now, after listening to what each one had to offer, we are heading to the resort of Khao Sok j...

The Night Train ...Destination Surat Thani Its 6:30PM , Jade and I are eager to board the night train sleeper to Surat Thani. The train is due to leave at 7:30pm. we pitch up on the station floor along with all the 100+ Backpackers eagerly waiting to head south from the City of Bangkok. Jade and I are armed with all kinds of delicious snacks from the seven-eleven, Thailands answer to The Spar shops we get back in the U.K. I have my beady eye on platform 4 where...

Baiyoke Tower -The Special Day Today has just been spent on the Khao San Road, relaxing and planning our next part of our adventure. Tonight we're heading to the Baiyoke Tower for the evening, in the heart of Bangkok. The Baiyoke Tower boasts to be the highest building in thailand and is the 48th tallest in the world. Now heading into the busy part of the city by Tuk Tuk, traffic jams and noise fill the roads. Our driver drops us off at the base of the Baiyoke ...

China Town-Chattachuk Market -and Haggling Tuk Tuk drivers down I'm going to start by mentioning how Thai people must think we landed from planet Stupid, These drivers try in everyway to try and rip you off. I can understand overcharging slightly but these greedy tuk tuk drivers take the michael. Trying to over charge by quadruple the actual price... Its not on. Rant over until my next part about the train station trip. We arrive at China town at night, after ...