So, we chased Leeroy and Tooley to Bangkok (and due to their love of the buckets we caught up with them) and all jumped on the overnight bus / ferry to Koh Phangnan. We found a lovely place for a measly 500THB (10GBP) with a sea view, pool and on an a beautiful strip of beach. This part of our trip we refer to as SPLURGE as we were staying in complete luxury by our standards (the room was basic but the view and pool made it the best place ever), relaxing by...

Mahout Elephant Training We started the day at 8.30am and set of in the back of a tuk tuk for the hours journey to the Elephant camp. Don't let the word camp make you think that these elephants are in any way mistreated, yes, it would be better to see them in the wild but the reality is many of these elephants have been rescued from poachers or the cities in Burma. From the moment we arrived we didn't see one chain or one wrongful action towards any of the elep...

Asia Scenic Cooking Course After our arrival from Bangkok to the much more peaceful Chiang Mai we all (me, Jh, Lee and Tooley) decided to do a Thai cooking class with Asia Scenic Cooking School after it was recommended but the lady who ran our hostel. We were picked up at our hostel at 9am, I say picked up we walked the 5 minutes to the cooking school and already I think we all knew it was going to be a good day, especially with our great teacher Mam. We sat a...