Khao Sok National Park & Railay Beach A surprisingly easy (and thankfully relatively empty and therefore roomy) overnight ferry saw us returning to the mainland and heading west to Khao Sok National Park. Our wildlife spotting was quickly rewarded as we saw monkeys cavorting in the trees opposite our riverside hut. However, this was surpassed the next morning when they came right onto our balcony and willingly posed for a few photos. The locals see them...

Koh Tao After a good three days in Bangkok, we headed to the main railway station with some trepidation after some fairly unpleasant recent land journeys. However, our journey south to Chumpon was very pleasant if a little delayed and even included a surprisingly nice airline style meal and free tea and coffee. We stayed one night in Chumpon in a very basic bar/hostel that had the appealing prospect, before kick off, of showing the Tottenham v Stoke game. Alt...

Southern Vietnam and Bangkok This entry might seem to be a little broad, but as we didn't do that much in southern Vietnam we figured we could combine the two. So, starting briefly with southern Vietnam. An extremely tedious and hunger filled 24 hour train journey from Hanoi saw us arrive in the beach resort of Nha Trang. Within an hour of boarding the train, our cabin kindly provided us with our first sighting of cockroaches, which, needless to say didn't ma...