so just got back from the island of koh sammed or sammet they spell it different all the time. anyway, it was rather laid back there. quite enjoyed it despite the bars being open, blaring music out til 3 in the morn despite not having anyone in there. the weather was really nice and being in a bungalow by the sea was pretty sweet. the locals there were very helpful aswell, if i got lost or needed help they were on hand. to say that they island apparently only g...

ive been a busy body these last few days, havent had much of a chance to update, but now im back in bangkok so i'll just let you know what ive done since the last blog. so since the pineapple plantation and the elephants, we went to the golden triangle, where Burma,Laos and Thailand meet each other. we could have gone into Burma but that would have cut my visa short so we didnt, instead we took a cannal boat ride where we were between Laos and Thailand before go...

so havent had chance to blog for a few days, so in that time we went from sukothai to lampang. in lampang we had a lazy day. we travelled for the most of it but after that we went dfor massages, mins was AMAZING. i felt so refreshed but so guitly that i had to put all of the crap like sun lotion and mosquito repellant on it.boo Now im in chang rai, a rather livly little town south of the norther triangle. today we went to the elephants at the elephant conservat...

so yesterday i joined the GAP tour and met the people ill be spending the next 8 days with, they all seem very nice. most of them are american and much older than me. im the young un of the group.but its been good so far, last night i stayed in the royal hotel, not far fron the democracy monnument and khao san rd. i took a wonder up there and found it to be a very fun and bustling atmosphere, there were quite a few people dancing in the street and lots of barga...

so my first day has been and gone. came off the plane in bangkok and got into a taxi only to find out later id been swindled,not that it wasnt a taxi, it was just a taxi that charges you 3 times as much as they should and goes the long way round, and dont have seat belts. he must have seen me comming. anyway got to the hostel which is very nice and modern, the people here are nice as well. got into my dorm and it hit me,im here, in bangkok, on my own. it wasnt...