The food capital of Malaysia. This has got to be somewhere I need to visit! Having missed Penang the first time round I was determined to include it this trip! The trip to penang from Phuket was fairly interesting. A 12 hour journey in total we were picked up from our hotel by minibus and driven to another bus stop where we were bundled into a different minibus. Our driver may have been a formula one wannabe as we hurtled off at breakneck speeds, overtaking on bl...

Phi phi is definitely one of the main party islands of Thailand. Hundreds of young backpackers dancing on the sand all night and lazing in the sun during the day. Tonsai village has been taken over by tourists! For this reason, most things are a little more expensive, the accommodation, the food, even 7/11 ups it's prices! We arrived in a rainstorm, and with a half remembered idea of the village layout we set off to find a guesthouse. After about 5 mins of walkin...

I'd always heard that krabi wasn't that nice, and so it had never been high on my list of places to visit. So when the chance appeared of 7 nights in krabi I wasn't particularly excited. We were going to stay in Ao Nang, the beach side if krabi about 20 mins drive from the town. Ao nang main area is pretty small, there's a U shaped road of shops, restaurants and tour companies that cater mostly to the many tourists. The beach here isn't spectacular but it's easy ...

I'm fairly surprised this is the first time I have attempted to train in Muay Thai (Thai boxing) in Thailand. Considering my slight obsession with martial arts a few years back combined with my love of Thailand, well it was going to happen eventually! I booked to train at Rawai Supa Muay Thai in Phuket. They had good reviews and if I'm honest, they appeared to be the cheapest nearby. I booked for 6 days thinking this was a reasonable amount of time, until I arriv...

Phuket, one of the most expensive islands in Thailand. Pad Thai in Bangkok will set you back between 30-50 baht, in phuket it's 150B. A 30 minute taxi in Bangkok may cost you 200B, it will cost you 700B in phuket. You can find a double room for 150B in Chiang Mai, but a dorm bed will cost you 300B in phuket. Yes I'm sure they're cheaper places but they're just harder to find! However flying into phuket at 1am with nobody to meet me and completely alone and it s...