Sa Wat Dii (Hello) everybody, We are now in Chiang Mai, miles away from the bombings in Bangkok on New Years Eve. The scary thing was, we were only there two days before! But we still feel safe here and all is now ok. We had a bit of a crap coach drive up here. It kept breaking down but we got here in the end! What do you expect for a fiver each though. Chiang Mai is really lovely. We thought it would feel like a smaller Bangkok but it's so different. It ha...

Hello everybody, We decided to come to Ayutthaya because of all the ruins. It's only an hour and a half from Bangkok. It is full of old, some hundreds of years old, Wat's (Buddhist Temple). We've only spent a couple of days here as it's quite small and apart from all the ruins, there's not much else to keep you here. So it will only be a small journal I'm affraid! The ruins of the Wat's are amazing to see. Especially when some of them ...

Hello everybody, This is the official journal to 'Kanchanburi' as the one we did on the 25th was just a quick Christmas message. This place is really beautiful. Our hotel is a little more than what we'd normally pay but it was during Christmas so we thought what the hell as it came with a pool and had all the comforts of a good 3 star hotel. We are a 5 minute walk from the main strip where all the cafe's, restaurants and bars are. It's the mai...

A very big Merry Christmas from Gemma & Darren in Kanchanaburi, Thailand.We did send this photo via hotmail but only a few people got it. You can see the photo properly on the 'Our Album' section. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas. We're going to try and find somewhere now that is serving up Christmas Dinner. If there ain't stuffing, then we don't wanna know! We are missing you all but especially our families. Sure it's warmer he...

Hello everybody,We are now finally in Thailand. It was a good flight over and an interesting one. We sat next to a lady who was flying home to Bangkok. She saw our 'Thailand Lonely Planet' guide and offered her advice. It was just under a 3 hour flight and we spoke to her all the way. Her name was 'On-Swan'. Very unusual name to us but then she thought the name 'Gemma' was unusual as well. We had already booked accommodation just on the ou...