Hi, We arrived in Chiang Mai to a nice hotel, not very backpackery at all quite late. So the next day we were up at off to book our day with the elephants only to be told they were full and we could only go Saturday which is the day we were leaving. Very disappointed. Also I had been bitten in Phuket while we were waiting to leave and my leg had swollen up and was very painful. After a bit of indecision we decided to change our flight to Bangkok and book our da...

Hi everyone, Sorry it's been a while we have been too busy sunning ourselves. We arrived on Koh Phi Phi fine after a rather bumpy boat trip, we turned up with no where to sleep so off we set to find a bed for the night and ended up next to an Irish bar that didn't close til 2am! It's was noisy as once the bar closed the clean up began as did the DIY. Twice I got woken up by someone banging nails in and using an angle grinder at 4am!!! Luckily we didn't have any...

Hi everyone, Sorry it's been a while we have been too busy sunning ourselves. We arrived on Koh Phi Phi fine after a rather bumpy boat trip, we turned up with no where to sleep so off we set to find a bed for the night and ended up next to an Irish bar that didn't close til 2am! It's was noisy as once the bar closed the clean up began as did the DIY. Twice I got woken up by someone banging nails in and using an angle grinder at 4am!!! Luckily we didn't have any...

Hi all, we flew to Koh Samui from Bangkok it was quite a small plane but an ok flight except the flight attendent obviously didnt think so as she vom'ed when we landed!!!! Nice. We checked into our hostel which was not quite as glam as our previous hotel but we survived and had a few chilled out days on the beautiful beach before heading to Koh Tao. We got the boat over (the only option bar a long swim) to Bans a dive centre with a good reputation and a free tax...

Hi everyone, We arrived safely if a little tired (I got a few hours sleep, dan got none) and headed to our hotel which is a bit posh (not exactly backpacking style) then headed out to explore with map in hand. We unfortunately went the wrong way (I'm blaming the jet lag) and ended up in the area where they have been having the political riots so a quick hop on the train got us back to the hotel where we crashed for the rest of the day. Up early to explore in th...