15.04.08

HAPPY SONGKRAN!!! 11.04.2008 - After almost a full nights sleep on the 12 hour night train from Bangkok we arrived in Chiang Mai - just in time for the beginning of Songkran (the Thai New Year which they like to celebrate by having a national waterfight for five days!) Chaing Mai is a gorgeous city surrounded by an old moat and some of the original city walls around the moat are crumbling by it. We took ourselves off on two day tours whilst we were here...our...

04.04.08 - Bangkok The 24 hour city where you can get anything you want anytime of day..... Its a crazy city that boasts a fab underground and skytrain, which are the quickest modes of transport as the traffic literally doesn't move in Bangkok. but we did most of our commuting in tuk tuks -coz you just cant beat a good old life threatening tuk tuk ride! The skyline is filled with impressive hotels, office blocks and other sky scrapers, there are futuristic sh...

28.03.08 - One Week in Phuket Just crazy! Apart from the beautiful beaches it's not the nicest place to visit in Thailand. Phuket town is still quiet and filled with historical buildings and temples, but the main tourist resorts of Patong and Karon can only be described as Ibiza on acid!! We stayed in Patong, the craziest of the lot and decided to have a week 'chilling out' here. Luckily we stayed far enough away from the main strip to be able to get some sleep...

Two nights in Krabi After a very short ferry journey North of Langkawi we arrived in Thailand! Kate was over the moon to be back in her favourite country! From the ferry port in Saton, after a very dodgy over crowded tuk tuk ride (where Ed had to hang off the back), and a 2 hour wait we had yet another six hour bus journey to Krabi to endure. It was all worth it once we got to our cheap, clean guesthouse, streets lined with market stalls offering every fake ite...