Bangkok 20/03/09 So we wake up semi early in Bangkok and decide to head to the Golden Mount, along the way we encounter the usual set of jokers telling us it's closed or we're going the wrong way but we are wise to their tricks and we head on. When we get there we have to walk up a lot of winding steps which is painful in the heat even at this time of the morning 08:30 but when we get to the top it is worth it not just for the brilliant view across the city but ...

Okay so we land in Bangkok and get a bus to Khao San Road, the backpackers central. We head down the main street it is busy and there are obviously a lot of ‘characters’ here, it feels like we’ve hit party central! We don’t get hounded there are just few people of a good tailor. We find our hostel and get a bare but clean room with shared bathroom, you can hear the street buzzin but we don’t mind. We head out and find a little place to eat, I have my fi...

04/03/09 Phuket to Railay (pronounced Reilly by the locals - Reilly Island) We leave the guesthouse in Patong and get the bus back to the station in Phuket town, a quick run to 7/11 for snacks and we're ready to go to Krabi. Once we're there we get a taxi to the jetty and a very wet long tail boat ride to Railay The view is amazing as we coast in, lots of lush hills and karsts. We want to get to Ton Sai beach but it's a little trek over the cliff to it so we hea...