Hi all! What a busy few days we have had. I am sure you have all heard the news about Bangkok! This has put us in a rather tricky situation and forced us to change our plans as we can no longer fly out of Bangkok to Australia. The good news is hopefully we will be on a list waiting to fly out of Phuket a.s.a.p. Fingers crossed we get to Sydney before our flights and tours start there. We left Samui with a brief but calm ferry trip back to the mainland and were...

Hello again! So last time i was at Ko Tao on my diving course. This was a fab experience with its ups and downs. On our 3rd day a girl in our group had an asthma attack and had to be taken off the island so we couldn't dive...this put us a day behind and we had to stay another night...they didn't charge us though :-). sh ewas ok in hte end and we carried on in our sea dive the next day. I realised my fear is breathing in water through my nose but with help from...

Hello all! I reach you from Ko Toa at present which is the north isalnd off of Thailand. After trekking we flew to Ko Samui and then boated straight to Ko Phangan. Here we stayed at a fab resort called rainbow. It was idillic, right on the beach and we stayed in little hut right by the sea. Also ever since i was a child of ever i have felt ill or sad etc i always have a reoccuring thought of being in a hammock between to palm trees on a beach with the sea lappin...

So after finally getting out of the dreaded Bangkok we got an overnight train to Chiang Mai. Where i actually managed to sleep for the first time yipee! (on a train of all places.) I also managed to keep down a banana for breakfast. At the train station a guy was there to pick up "Alizabet" which was me and toya and off we went to the guest house where we could leave our big bags and get ready for the trek. Here we also met our fellow trekkers who we h...

So second day and secong blog already! Unfortunately today has been a bit rubbishy for me. The jet lag hit me big time and i wasn't very well...this was probably made worse by all the heat (about 33 today!....they keep telling us this is cold for them pah!) Also we wanted to go and visit the grand palace and surroundings today but apparently from today til monday its a bit manic as the prince's sister has died (i think). Therefore everything is closed for the fun...