My journey from Koh Samui to Phuket was a total contrast to the previous journey I had to endure. The relaxed regulations at the Koh Samui airport meant I could rock up at pretty much anytime before take-off at 11am. I arrived an hour early just to be on the safe side. The Koh Samui airport is open-aired and probably the nicest I've been to. It's pretty small with being on an island but is very luxurious. No expense has been spared on the facilities.. they we...

I woke up at 5am and checked out the guest house shortly after.. well I tried to anyway. It was still dark and there was no-one around so I placed my key on the reception desk and left without paying a bean.. oh well, I had good intentions but what could I have done? I had a plane to catch ;) I flagged down a tuk-tuk, agreed a price with the driver and he motored towards the Chiang Mai airport. My flight was fine and I managed to sleep the whole way. I arrived a...

Organised chaos is how I'd describe Thai transport services.. my word they know how to make things difficult! I arrived at the Hua Lampong Train Station in Bangkok an hour or so before my bus was due to depart for Chiang Mai so I could grab myself a bite to eat and get settled. As I found out from my previous two days in Bangkok, there's no such thing as feeling settled or comfortable. The train station was an absolute mess.. hardly any space to move around in ...

My flight on Tuesday to Bangkok from Singapore was fine and I arrived safely during the afternoon. From the airport I had to get to the hostel I had booked so I chose to use the train.. I was very unsure of where I was going since I wasn't familiar with the areas or streets of Bangkok.. it took a little guess work and a broken conversation with the girl on the Help Desk to work it out. I arrived at the Phaya Thai stop near the centre of Bangkok where I had to f...

It was Saturday morning when I said my goodbyes to the family who looked after me at the Guest House Kudos in Ubud. The shuttle bus picked me up at 9am and took me to the Denpasar Airport where I boarded a flight to Singapore at 12.55pm. The flight was great as I had three seats to myself. I arrived at the Changi Airport at 3.30pm, grabbed my luggage and jumped on another shuttle bus which dropped me off right outside my hostel which was slap bang in the middle...