hello there! Well, we are now on ko phangan, and have discovered it is a major party island, not as relaxing as ko samui. Ally's friends arrive at some point today, so looking forward to catching up with them. The ferry over from ko samui was awful, crammed full of hundreds of people, and was quite stormy. It took a lot longer than expected. When we arrived at the pier, we got in a truck taxi which has 2 benches in the back for the passengers and all the bags ...

hi, we are now on the beautiful island of ko samui. the weather is fantastic, and the sea is like a bath. we were surprised yesterday, when the flight from bangkok only took 45mins, and we got some great views when descending to the island. ko samui airport is something else! there was no problems collecting our luggage, as there was only one conveyor belt. we are staying in a beach bungalow, which is small but lovely inside. as soon as we arrived yesterday, we ...

Hello, just waiting at Bangkok airport for our short flight to Koh Samui. We cant wait for a week of sun, sand and sea. Yesterday, we went on a hilltribe trek which was great to see more of the countryside. We were invited inside one of the hilltibe shacks, which was very basic to say the least. After the trek and a bite to eat (made by the tribe), we went bamboo rafting. It was 4 people to one raft, so ally and i went with one of the rafting officials, and Bil...

hello from our last destination of the tour, Chiang Mai. we had to get up at 6:30am this morning, in order to catch the 3 hour public bus. last night the ladyboy show was a big disappointment. it was a large food court centred around a stage, which had poor performances from wannabe ladies. some of the "ladies" were not very convincing, with masculine jaws and hairy belly buttons. today, we went to visit our last temple of the north, located at the su...

well, we are now in the far north of thailand, amongst the paddy fields and pineapple fields. On the way to Chiang Rai yesterday, we stopped at the elephant conservation centre, which was great. We watched the elephants bath, then paint pictures! then had a elephant ride through the jungle, which was very bumpy! After, for lunch our tour guide took us to a local food market, there were a suprising amount of fried cockroaches, and beetles etc. Neither of us were d...