We set off from Koh Tao yesterday to get onto a high speed catamaran, which would take us to Champon where we would get an air conditioned, seat reclining, movie showing VIP overnight bus to Bangkok. When we got to the pier in Koh Tao we could see the catamaran that we all assumed would be our ride off the island. What we didn't see, was the tiny speedboat next to it that we were actually crammed into as well as all of our luggage. Now it doesn't take Steven Haw...

We left Kanchanaburi ay 1:30 in the afternoon and arrived in Koh Samui at 12pm the following afternoon almost twenty-four hours later! It was a long old journey but the bus was pretty comfortable so we managed to sleep through most of it thank God! When we arrived in Samui, we couldn't have picked a better place to stay, it was right in between the 2 main resort towns of Chaweng and Lamai and was in a little bay that was shared by 4 other little resorts that wer...

Today is our last day in Kanchanaburi before we set off for Bangkok and then an overnight bus to Koh Samui. We hadn't quite realised how much there was to do here but have managed to fit quite a bit in! Yesterday we went on a day trip that we had booked through apple guesthouse where we are staying (a definite must if you're in this part of the world!). Our guide was one of the girls that had greeted us at reception when we arrived, her name is Top! After collec...

We are now in Kanchanaburi (the river Kwai) having arrived last night and as soon as we sat foot in the place a storm started! We arrived at our hotel and it was right on the river, three hundred metres walk from the famous bridge. Not being put off by the weather we went for a swim until the lightening set in and then it was time for a shower, a walk to the bridge and some grub! We couldn't believe how close the bridge was to our room! Although it doesn't look l...

We arrived in Bangkok around midday yesterday, and thankfully we had already arranged a transfer to our hotel and there was somebody waiting at the airport holding a card with our names on it. We felt so important!! As soon as we were out of the airport and on our way to the hotel, we could tell that Bangkok was a lot more Westernised than anything we had experienced in Vietnam. All the major brand names that we knew were scattered around, and we even saw our fi...