The next couple of days were pretty rained out and with Poppy still sore, we decided to have some real R&R. It mainly involved banana pancakes for breakfast (they were unbelievable - that woman can cook!), watching a few episodes of 'The Office', reading our books and making the odd journey out and up the hill. We managed to walk to the nearest village to grab some Pad Thai and spring rolls, which was enlightening. The power lines sparked and buzzed const...

At 4am we arrived at Surrathani - a random 'bus terminal' an hour away from the coast. Neither of us could work out what the hell we were doing there. It was just a dusty shack in the middle of nowhere with old coach seats chucked into the hovel to provide seating for the lucky few who got there in time. 3hours later we were still there with about another 250 tourists waiting for someone to tell us what the hell was going on. I managed to get some kip in the m...

After a wonderfully slow morning at the guesthouse watching the famous tango scene in 'The scent of a woman' we packed up and checked out. We envisaged a fairly slow paced morning, as the bus wasn't leaving until 6pm. So we posted a few things home, sorted out money and had a little snack before deciding to find the T.A.T to get our tickets for our holiday. What a bloody stressfest! As the tuk tuk driver had taken us and explained that it was the best T.A.T i...

So today was going to be a bit of a write off. I expected to have to spend all day at immigration, in queues trying to explain my story to several people and dragging poor Pops along for the ride. How wrong I was. After a morning of e-mailing and laundry we found a taxi to the British Embassy and after a ridiculous amount of security checks just to get into the building we were in and sorting out paperwork before we knew it. Luckily I had everything I needed a...

A very uneventful day comprised of travelling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok (aka the city of plum cake according to Poppy) via 'special fast train'. The train was not special or fast. It was average with some very big fans and hidden air con and my bum was very sore after the 12hour ride. The meals were a little odd - we got a curry at 11am and then nothing else so poor Poppy who couldn't eat the meat laden curry was starving by the time we got to Cockers. Not o...