We arrived at the Holiday Garden View Hostel at 11 and spent the day recovering from the train journey. Having finally had a full night's sleep, both Emma and I were completely knackered. We met Mark on the taxi (essentialy a pick-up truck) from the train station. We quickly realised we had very similar plans and that we would be trekking together. The three of us grabbed a tuk tuk around the town to see the Buddhist temples and the sunday afternoon market. T...

We spent an hour wondering through the streets of Bangkok until, at 8am, we decided to grab a drink and a bite to eat. Me and Emma were still with Liane and Leo at this point. After a bit we dumped our stuff in Liane's hotel room and went out into the city. There was a massive market open, so we went to that and bought plenty of stuff... when i can put photos up, I'll show it all to you. When we left, we walked past some famous thai teenagers who were all in some...

We woke up early in the morning for one last ride on the bike before returning it. After yesterday's pothole incident, I was terrified the convenience store girl was gonna notice some damage. Fortunately it was fine and i didn't have to pay extra. We spent the rest of the day travelling to Bangkok. firstly, we took a boat to Surantahi and then a couple of buses up north. During the bus journey up north, we stopped off at midnight as we did on the way down to Koh...

I woke up early in the morning (with yet another hang over), in order to get a quiet swim before everyone else got to the pool. Unfortunately I wasn't the only one with this plan. So... I decided to head down to the beach with Leo, a guy I met on the bus. We were going to take a massive swim to the beach next door, however as soon as we got in the water we were attacked by a swarm of ticks. We ran out, screaming in agony whilst these ticks were still clinging on ...

Having got home at 3 in the morning, we spent most of the day recovering. I got up around 10 and met some cool 30ish guys and girls from leeds and oz. They'd met in Cambodia and decided to go around together. Using the hair-of-the-dog technique to cure the hangover (essentially, just drinking more), we spent the rest of the day chilling by the pool and the sea just recovering from the previous night. Later that night, I played ring-of-fire and 'I have never..'...