The bus journey from Trat back to the capital was very long. We left at about 4pm and didn't arrive at our guest house until 11pm. It was nice being back in Bangkok. The familiarity of it made us feel a bit more comfortable than we had in Trat, but we were both still feeling a bit unwell so went straight to sleep once we got to our room. The following day started slowly but we got better as the day went on. We took it easy and treated ourselves to a nice meal ...

We finally arrived back in Trat after a long and horrible journey. After spending a good two and half hours at the border, we then had a long and arduous drive in a cramped, sweaty minibus. Both of us were really dehydrated and in our hurry had forgot to take any water when we left. We checked into a nice guesthouse but that evening I took a turn for the worse, as my symptoms from the previous night came back, but a lot worse. Kirsty rushed me to the hospital as...

To shake off our morning grogginess all four of us had a swim in the sea followed by breakfast at the Jay Bar. A Thai omelette certainly seemed to get rid of any hangover that we might of had. We knew we had plenty of travelling to do so set off early, getting a truck to the ferry, which took us back across to the Laem Ngop on the mainland. After some bartering we were in another truck taking us to the bus station in Trat. When we arrived at the station our truck...

And so our journey began by searching for the "taxi rank". We soon found a group of Thai men chatting and smoking next to a few sangthaews. After finally getting across to them where we wanted to go, we were told to wait in the back of a truck until he had enough people to make the journey worthwhile for him. He took us Laem Ngop, where we caught an open-air ferry that took across to the rising, rugged island of Koh Chang. Thailands second largest island after Ph...

We arrived at the bus station late afternoon and was quickly ushered onto the back of a truck with a few other people, heading into town. This was a taxi - basically a truck, whereby everyone sits in the trailer section and makes for an interesting journey - know in Thailand as a sangthaew. There was obviously a little deal going on between the truck driver and one of the local guest houses because we got dropped off right outside 'Pops Guesthouse' and were greet...