We arrived at Bangkok station by taxi and was advised by information service that our train was on platform 5. We boarded our train and had a double cabin which was air conditioned and ample for over night. I was in berth 3(upper)and Dani was in berth 4(lower) We departed Bangkok at 18:10 and headed for Chiang Mai, we had waitress service which layed on fresh fruit, tea, coffee evening meal, breakfast and more importantly Beer. The evening meal consisted of T...

We departed our hotel fresh as a daisy and decided we would explore this fine city...first stop the Koh San road. This was everything I had expected, street vendors hotels and people selling tacky presents. We were peckish so decided to stop and have some breakfast. We chose a bar and ordered two fried eggs, ham, hotdog sausage and salad oh and a beer! We finished our meals and decided it was time for the tourist trail. First stop was the grand palace. As we s...

We arrived at heathrow with plenty of time spare, found our purple parking site with ease. Parked up and handed the keys to Zoe over to the enthusiastic bus driver, "what terminal please" "three" was our reply, so we embarked on our ten minute journey towards T3 We headed straight to area E after finishing the last drag of fresh air for many hours, Dani was enthusiastic and approached the quick drop luggage counter smiling and enthusiastically dropping into co...

After clearing customs and collecting our luggage we finally made it outside. After being inside and cold from the air-con we stepped outside of the airport. After reading about the foul smells and Intense heat in the lonely planets guides, I found only one of these statements true. It was 8:00 an 32 degreeC WOW! After a forty five minute transfer we arrived at our hotel. We checked in and shown to our room. I loved this hotel from the start it was creativel...

On our descent to Qatar I was amazed at the pearly White buildings and fascinating skyline it was obvious that this country had plenty of money. As we stepped off the plane we were greeted with a beautiful sunrise. It was a deep orange colour and powerful, I was enjoying this so much that I was reluctant to get on the bus to take us to the terminal. Once inside the terminal it was chaotic, with wealthy business men checking their laptops which prompted me to c...