Chang Mai and Pai As we headed north through the country we ended up at Chang Mai for a few days and ended up staying in a very small guest house that was owned by an ex pat call Tim, who was really nice and gave us some good tips on things to do. Over the few days that we where there we sampled the local food and looks at all the temples in the old city wall, these is something like 47 temples within the walls and they just seem to be on every street corner and...

Lampang Tim and I came to Lampang for a few days, to visit the famous elephant training and conservation centre.We took a tuk tuk to a guesthouse that we though sounded interesting in the Lonely Planet, and were met with what can only be described as a 5 star hotel. It was a beautiful old teak townhouse, in a superb location with a balcony looking over the river (excellent for sipping Singh beer and playing cards!!). The interior was full of antique wooden furni...

Sukhothai Tim and I took a 6 hour bus from Bangkok to Sukhotai, and were taken under the wings of a sweet Thai tuk tuk driver with cerebral palsy. Communicating with him made me realize how little we actually rely on language to understand each other, rather than body language, gestures etc (the old Mastercard advert springs to mind where it stated only 95% of communication is non-verbal!). The driver took us to a very nice guesthouse, after a fashion, where we...

Bangkok Hello Tim here, so we have left the island of Koh Tao and headed to the city of Bangkok. To do this we took the fast cat of the island and then the direct bus all the way into Bangkok, the journey took about8 and a half hours and was not too bad because the bus was a good one. Once we had arrived into the city the bus took us to the main backpackers area of Banglamphu and the Khao San road, from here we put on our navigating caps and found a hotel just...

Blog - Koh Tao Tim and I knew that Koh Tao would be the last coastal stay we would probably have until New Zealand, so we set off to make the most of the tropical waters and warm temperatures. We arrived on the island and took a bumpy ride in the back of a 4x4 to Tanote Bay, which had been recommended to us. I left Tim on the beach and went to check out some accommodation (passing some enormous red millipedes on the way!). When I got back, we decided we would pr...