4th- 7th April Sukhothai Another wonder of the ancient world. Here we stay at a marvelous brand new guest house with a pool which is very inviting for me just to be lazy and not see the local temples.... We hire scooter and we are off to historical park very tastefully layed out surrounding area is modern with road, and cycle tracks perfect lawns and gardens. however the temples are virtually untouched some have been restored but if they did not hae enough info...

01- 3rd April Khoa Yai National ParkOur route out of Ayuthaya was 3rd class train direct to Pak Chong only 4 hrs we will be fine!!! As we try to get onto the train which is packed solid not even a space to place the rucksacks onto the floor, Mark actuallyends up standing on the steps by the doors.. not a very safe place... I on the other hand am taken by the train master to the rear of the train where he places me in a cupboard like room with 3 other gaurds.. It ...

30th marchHey great we have escaped from Bangkok after 5 days it was a must to collect visa's for Mynamar....Ayuthaya is a unique little Island surrounded by 3 rivers from the train station you have to take a ferry across the river for 2bht not even 1 penny...The Island caters for many packs of dogs which the locals dont seem bothered about but every guest house has a warning of them biting if you approach their space... mmh interesting.. The monks are the wo...

4 days live aboard to the Similan Islands rated by Jaque Cousteu as one of his top 10 is based around 9 islands named by the Malaysian..as 9 Islands mmh.. I agree with him much better than the red sea or Maldives... Water temperature stayed around 30.c and surface temp was much much higher, The diving was in fast current most of the time which allows us chance to see the big stuff. We were lucky enough to see a Leopard Shark, Dolphins, and best of all Manta Ray...

14th -19th March Leaving Ko PhiPhi for Phuket again by ferry 2hrs The boat is absoloutely packed talk about overload theres not enough space for some to sit down .We did find a spot and stayed throughout the crossing. Under NO Ilusions about Phuket .. We were correct bodies hot and steamy pushed into buses and pick up trucks taked off like cattle to various accomadation. We are only using Phuket to transfer up the west coast to Khoa Lak for our liveaboard to t...