26 hours later after leaving our hotel in Siem Reap we arrive in Koh Tao. We're tired, smelly and hungry. The journey from Siem Reap to here was stressful and frustrating. After 6 unnessasary annoyingly long rest stops, one 2 hour wait at the border, one broken brake pad, one hour wait at a garage in the middle of nowhere, one taxi, one 12 hour train, one one hour bus ride, a one hour catamaran journey and a overly priced tuk tuk we are finally here in Koh ...

A private bus picked us up from Pai and we take the winding road back down south towards Chiang Khong; our border crossing town to Laos. We arrive at 3am, our hotel came included in the price of the bus ticket so we wasnt expecting much. It was a good job, we arrived to a mattress with stains on and a bin with two dirty plasters inside. We thought we made our own way to the border in the morning but oh no, at 7.30 after around 4 hours sleep theres a knock on the ...

Day 1 - We arrive at 8.30pm after the horrible winding road drive from Chiang-Mai, apparently there are 745 turns on this highway connecting both cities enough to make anybody travel sick. We have a reservation at a place called Countryside Pai, we know its a little out of the way which is what we wanted after a hectic few days in Chiang Mai. However, Pai looks buzzing and full of life. We heard through the grapevine this is the favoured hang out joint of artist...

Day 1- We arrive in Chiang Mai after a 10 hour journey and head straight to the sunday night market. The roads are lined with hundreds of stalls selling souvenirs, home made jewellery, touristy bric a brac and street food. We stumble across a small courtyard dotted with food stalls serving meals from all the over the world. The turkish kebab stand looks tempting but we settle for a thai stall. Im still on this vegetarian diet of mine and opt for the fried rice t...

Day three: Today we made our first solo train journey from Bangkok to Ayuthaya. Ticket choices we're either 15 bhat for 3rd class or 330 bhat for second. Guess which one I made us choose? of course 330 bhat, Im new to this, its going to take me a few weeks to settle in before you see me chilling with chickens, goats, and the kitchen sink on a train. We arrive in Ayuthaya and head to the hotel we booked last night. We arrive and this hotel and it is actually a ho...