Island Life Wow lying on a beach day in day out really takes it out of you. We've literally spent the last 16 days soaking up the blazing Thailand island sun and it's been glorious. We're pleased to announce that Liam now officially has a tan. It's taken a few months, he's worked hard and it's paid off - keeping it is now his main concern! After Koh Tao we island hopped for 9 hours across to Krabi - a mainland holiday spot where we based ourselves for next 7 d...

Island life begins! We weren't particularly looking forward to our Bangkok reunion, the combination of heat and street smell were not going to be welcomed with open arms! However on return it was hot, but we could handle it and the smell, well everywhere in Asia smelt like that so my sense of smell must have become accustomed! It actually felt good to be back. For the first time we walked into a country and we knew our way around, no maps required! We booked ...

It's been nearly 2 weeks and we're up in Chiang Mai. Bangkok got better as the days went by and we began to embrace what it was all about. We visited some great temples and wondered the streets but were happy to leave when it came to getting the night train up to Chiang Mai. The night train was great! We met a lone traveller called Fliss and two funny Australian guys who Liam formed a bromance with. The best thing about the train was the party carriage, a restau...

Well Hong Kong passed in a blur, such a great city! We arrived in Bangkok late last night on Kenya Airways, a plane going to Nairobi via Bangkok! Initially we were worried that it was taking us to Africa and didn't dare fall asleep incase we missed our stop! Ha! Thankfully all was well and good and 2 hours later we arrived in Bangkok! Our original plan of getting the express train went out the window when the station was shut so we took a cab straight to the ho...