Warning- this is a long one!We arrived in Chiang Mai early in the morning and we were setting off to do the trek the following day. The hotel had a pool so we got involved and then went to the sunday night market which was amazing! we ate in the food square where all sorts of wierd and wonderful things were cooked on little stalls. I had pad thai followed by sweetcorn in sugar& salt- delicious, and a fried quails egg-wierd but nice, followed by a chocolate cr...

Warning- this is a long one! We arrived in Chiang Mai early in the morning and we were setting off to do the trek the following day. The hotel had a pool so we got involved and then went to the sunday night market which was amazing! we ate in the food square where all sorts of wierd and wonderful things were cooked on little stalls. I had pad thai followed by sweetcorn in sugar& salt- delicious, and a fried quails egg-wierd but nice, followed by a chocolate...

Arrived in Bangkok in one piece! so glad we got the train! We got into a tuk tuk at the train station which is like a 3 wheel motorbike with a cart on it! We sat in the back and got zoomed into the city. We headed to the famous Koh San Road area and found a hotel with aircon. cheap enough. Then went out to explore. Bankok is nothing like what i expected- people had used words like 'dirty', 'smelly', 'overcrouded', 'hassled' to descibe it and we didnt feel any o...

Arrived in Koh Phangan at 6 this morning after 36 hours in transport to get here! saved on 2 nights accommodation since one overnight train followed by an overnight ferry and buses inbetween! phew! Im proud of myself for living to tell the tale! ha. We found a hotel- well...a bungalow hut thing right on the beach- will post pics soon for 2 pounds each a night. bargain. We got a taxi to the near town and spent an hour or two on the beach. Koh Phangan is...