I'm leaving on a jet plane...dont know when I'll be back again... The day has come. The day I leave South East Asia and head home to the land of soft carpets, cheddar cheese and most importantly mashed potato!! We've had two days in Bangkok before flying and we braved Khoasan road. When we first started our travels we picked a hostel through STA in the UK not knowing where backpacker areas were so this time we made the most of it and stayed on a quiet road off K...

Charlie and his angels We went on a fantastic day trip whilst staying on Phuket. Part of it on a large boat and the rest in sea canoes. We visited the 'famous' James Bond Island...I say famous in quotations because before coming here I never knew that such an island existed! Anyway it's the one in The man with the golden gun and well worth seeing. We paid quite a lot for the trip...well in backpacker terms we did! It was £20 for the day- starting at 7.30 am an...

Phuket Paradise We have managed to avoid prostitute and Thai bride filled Patong beach and instead we have landed ourselves a VILLA in the lovely,peaceful Kata beach area. A VILLA- I'm still in shock! I have never stayed in one before and doubt I'll ever have the money to again! It's all thanks to Natalia's dads business partner who owns it and very generously let us stay here for 5 nights eek! The price of which would cover our whole stay in Asia if we had to p...

Koh Phi Phi The weather has been really bad and our 5 days in Phi Phi were filled with rain and storms every day. However we were luckier than the east coast where aircraft carriers have had to transport tourists off Samui and Tao as the flooding continues to get worse. The wettest March since 1999 a Thai lady told us- what bad luck! Weather aside Phi Phi is a really cool island,small enough to know your way around in a day but big enough to have a great night...

Krabi The weather has taken a turn for the worse-out of 4 days in Krabi, 3 have been cloudy and rainy!! Not what it's supposed to be like down here! Despite the English style weather Krabi is a lovely place. We stayed in a hostel with...wait for it....HOT showers and DUVETS!! We were so happy! Other perks included a power socket and reading lamp each as well as free shampoo and conditioner-score!! It was nice to be somewhere a little off the beaten track where...