After an uneventful night bus to Bangkok (except for the guy sat next to claire who snored the whole way and kat falling over in the toilet) we got the bus to Kanchanaburi and headed for the jolly frog hostal which was right on the river Kwai. Good choice! We had a massive room with its own balcony overlooking the river which was bigger then some of the rooms we've stayed in. In true backpacker style we all crashed out till the afternoon then headed to a bar wh...

After such a touristy time in Phuket we decided it was time for some culture and went up to Khao Sok to get our trek on. Back to another hut on stilts with a big need for mozzie nets! At leats this time we had an actual shower unlike Koh Jum.We went on a hike/caving trip with a local guy who had the most amazing bamboo tattoos and Kat got the tatto bug again, but managed to refrain herself.There was just us 3, the guide who was called Sa, and a german couple who...

The journey to Phuket was a bit of a nightmare. We'd had a massive storm the night before and the mototaxi mans bike wouldnt work so dela to the rescue, got her car out... then we found out she couldnt actually drive! Then the car got stuck in the sand and we had to push it out after a lot of digging with sticks. Finally we got it out and supercoop drove us to the dock with just a small panic when we found the handbrake didnt work and we nearly rolled straight i...

After hearing good things about Koh Jum from Emille who ran the boat trip we did from Krabi we decided to head over for a couple of days to experience some real thailand as everywhere is so touristy in southern thailand. We got a bus from krabi down to the coast and a local boat over to the island. The scenery was fantastic, a bit english country crossed with phi phi. Koh Jum itself was tiny, one road that ran round the island and no electricity from 10pm which...

We left Koh Samui on the 12th and headed back to the west coast to Krabi town. We'd heard good things so were excited to get down there, until our bus driver decided to only take us to the outskirts of town, he tried to get us to pay him an extra 30 baht each to take us to the centre but we were having none of it so walked and got a singtaw, which is basically an old army jeep with benches in the back. Managed to find a place for 100 baht each a night, which is...