Beach life part 1. The journey to Koh Tao was rubbish. To start with I had to pay double for my ticket because it was so busy & I had to get on the bus wet & sticky. It was an over night journey with several bus changes & a boat trip so I didn't get any sleep. I arrived in Koh Tao in the middle of Songkram celebrations (Thai new year). It was madness, Sam knows what i'm talking about! I checked into the big blue diving resort (Sam said that was the ...

Hello all. I am now back in Bangkok after another 12 hour bus journey. It was nice in Sihanoukville although it was low season so there wasn't many people there but it was nice to chill out. We went to a few beach parties & ended up partying with the locals most nights. I left Paula & Karen there & headed to Siam Reap. It was lovely although I didn't do much, I just caught up on my sleep & went to see Angkor Wat which was fantastic. But a very lon...

Hi all! I've had a relaxing few days to help me get over my trek! We found out that we had access to a 5star hotel while we were staying in ours so we've all been spending most of our time there. It's so nice - jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, gym etc. On the Sunday night we all went out but they had the alcohol ban on again because of the elections but they finished at 12 so we stayed up & it turned in to an all-nighter. This wasn't good for me because I had ...

I'm back from trekking & I survived. Only just though! It was very hard work & now I'm recovering! We met at the hotel at 9.00 Thurs morning & I already knew some familiar faces. Thomas & Marriane were there from Denmark who I met in Sukhothai so it was nice I already knew someone. There were 9 people in our group all together. Dennis, also Danish, Winegar & Pauline from Holland, Sean & Robert from Canada & Derrick from New Zealand. ...

I've been in Sukhothai since Sunday. I was supposed to arrive Saturday but wasn't feeling well so spent an extra day in Ayutthaya. It was nice though, i met some lads from Newcastle so I showed them around & watched the football with them. They're doing the exact same trip as me so I'll probably be seeing a lot more of them. They were a bit peeved though because there's a ban on sale of alcohol at the moment because it's the thai elections (this ensures the ...