After waiting around at the hotel for half an hour because people can't be on time and think it's ok to just rock up whenever they like and waste everyone else's holiday...we left for the pier. We had a longtail boat for the day, first stop was poda Island for a bit of time on the beach and swimming. Then to chicken island for lunch, there was hardly any beach there because of the tide so it was a bit crowded. We stopped for snorkelling, I opted for sunbathing o...

After a short transfer we arrived at J Mansions in Ao Nang, a nice family run hotel 5 minutes from the beach. Today was a free day, so we went to the beach and lay in the sun afternoon. Drank beers and watched the sunset from the hotel before heading out to dinner and a ladyboy show, they were all stunning (check the photo). To be honest the show was pretty awful, none of them could really dance and the miming was the worst I've ever seen...apparently there i...

Monday morning we flew to Krabi, stopped at Tesco (same same but different) to grab lunch and supplies. Then a bus to the pier, then a short boat ride to our home for the night, an island called Koh Klang. First we took a tour of the village by tuktuk, they're a bit different here, a motorbike with a little sidecar. We stopped at a rubber plantation to see where the rubber comes from and how they make it. Then to a textiles workshop where we had a go at hand p...

We arrived in Bangkok around 7am and walked to our hotel, it wasn't that far but it's the furthest I've had to carry my bag so far...think I need to stop shopping or do some exercise...or both. After breakfast I went with Katherine to the Saturday market which is meant to be huge, we successfully managed to get the underground with the help of a nice lady and they were right, it was huge. We shopped and looked at lots of weird and wonderful stuff. The place wa...

Our mega 2 day journey on the Mekong ended & it was time to say goodbye to Yang and his cool hair....he was getting straight back on a bus to Laos. We had a short transfer to Chang Khong for 1 night, pretty pointless. After a dip and cocktail by the pool, we found the only bar in town and ate bad food, watched Chelsea play and I beat the boys at darts and pool much to Alan's disgust. Then at 7am we had a 5 hour drive to Chiang Mai, I would have preferred to c...