Sawadee It was a short 3 hour ride on the bus to our next destination, Krungthep mahanakhon amonratanakosin mahintara ayuthaya mahadilok popnopparat ratchathani burirom udomratchaniwet mahasathan amonpiman avatansathit sakkathattiya witsanukamprasit or as we all know it BANGKOK!!!!! (for short) As soon as we stepped off the bus it was full on with taxi paparazzi and we managed to negotiate a deal to get us downtown to our guest house. The New Siam II is real...

Sawadee Had a bit of a night market frenzy last night and visited 3 in total but managed not to buy anything which amazed us. Ended up at the seafood restaurant for dinner and it was amazing again. I think we are just going to eat there for the rest of our stay in Hua Hin!!!! After spending 45 minutes this morning in the Post Office we eventually got our things posted home, then it was time to visit the grumpy lady at the Bus Terminal that we encountered yester...

Sawadee Just before I go on a rant about today must let you know about the great time we had last night at the Night Market here in Hua Hin. We had read about it and decided to take a walk up to see what it was all about, on the way I must have been asked to buy about 20 suits from all the tailors on the street which was entertaining to start with. I found that a polite no was not enough and we just kept on walking!!!! The night market is just lots of stalls s...

Sawadee The weather was kind to us for our 1 1/2 hour crossing from Koh Tao to Chumphon today. Although a bit drizzly the sea was calm and the catamaran was bang on time. Once in Chumphon we had to wait for an hour before we got on the bus bound for Bangkok.The bus ride to Hua Hin was only 4 hours and we passed through lots of little towns on the way but did not get to stop to try any food at the food stalls!!! We rolled into Hua Hin at 5pm and there was the u...

Sawadee After dinner we sat at the beachside bar with our instructors and watched the DVD of our second days diving at Twins and Chumphon. The cameraman made us look really good and the whole thing is put to music and is really professional. There was no pressure but we ended up buying a copy, a bit pricey at 40 quid but a good tool to bore you all with when we get back!!!! Last night we had the mother of all thunderstorms, it started at around 2am and kept us ...