hello so im back in Thailand.... yes a big detour from south america but things never go to plan when you're a traveller! Before flying to Bangkok me and jen had spent a week in fiji relaxing on the beaches! we visited two islands, Beachcomber and Bounty island. Beachcomber is known as 'party island' and the only accomodation on the island is a 116 bed dorm and some huts which were out of our budget, so our only option was to slum it in the dorm! it wasnt ...

Since arriving back in Thailand Ben and i, ok so maybe just me, spent alot of time shopping! I cant get over how nice the fashion is in Bangkok, i could have spent a fortune! But im on a very strict budget and managed to stop myself from spending all my savings! Ben and I couldnt wait to get back to the islands so we booked our bus for the next day and headed to Krabi, in the south of thailand. We spent out days sunbathing and swimming with a bit more sunbathing ...

We've just spent 4 days in Chang Mai, northern thailand, and had an amazing time. Its a lovely clean city, full of Thai culture that places like Bangkok and Koh Phangan have lacked. We organised a tour for our first full day there and spent the morning riding an elephant through the jungle, this was far better than the elephant ride we did a few weks ago as this actually trekked for an hour through the wilderness so we could see for miles around us! the eleph...

So in 4 days we have travelled over 1000 kilometres, taken a boat, coach, taxi and one very slow moving train and finally reached the city of Phitsanulok in central Thailand. Arriving at? the station over 2 hours late and at 2 am in the morning probably didnt help but?the city was dead... and pretty scary. Nothing and no one was around... correction... one prostitute and her 3 pimps were around... but no one of any help to us. Lonely planet guide in hand we searc...

Our last two days in Ko Samui were very wet and windy! and since moving to Koh Phangan 3 days ago nothing has changed! it seems Thailand (and apparently the rest of south east asia) has decided to bless all the tourists with non stop storms! for the last 5 days we have seen nothing but rain, lightning and plenty of cloud! i think the sun escaped to england... i have been told this morning that the storms are here to stay for another month! so we have decided that...