We learnt a valuable lesson getting to Bangkok, dont sit in the front of a mini-bus as you can see the insane driving of the locals. We had an 8 hour ride from Koh Chang in an absurdly cramped mini-bus (hence we jumped in the front for a lot more leg room). The driving skills of our driver included: going the wrong way up a motorway slip road, driving in an imaginary 3rd lane on a dual carriageway, weaving in and out of traffic to avoid pot-holes in the road, and...

We arrived in Koh Chang after a hefty 7 hour mini-bus journey and found somewhere to say pretty quickly. A nice wooden hut, no hot water but atleast we had electricity 24 hours! After our experience of isolation on Koh Pha Ngan we decided to stay on the most popular beach: White Sands Beach which was quite nice but a little dirty. We decided to take a trip to another beach along the coast, Lonely Beach. Despite its name it wasn't actually that lonely with ple...

After our week in Phuket we headed across Thailand to the East coast and caught the ferry across to Koh Samui. We only spent one night in Samui and stayed at the tranquil Mae Nam Beach. The bunglows here were comfortable and were right on the beach. Unfortunately, we had to be up early to catch another ferry on to Koh Pha Ngan. When we arrived we caught the bus (pickup truck with 2 rows of seats on the back) across the island. This journey was by far the bumpiest...

We're now just coming to the end of our 6 days in Phuket. Its been quite a nice change to be somewhere so touristy as you don't have to think about everything so much! We've spent a couple of days on the beach which is lovely, although a little crowded. We went to Dino Land, a crazy golf course, modelled on the dinosaurs and the Flintstones. It was the best course we've played on as they'd put in a lot of effort with the landscape and the mo...

We flew back from Borneo with the intention of going to Melacca by bus. After being accosted by about 10 men as soon as we stepped out of the taxi, and some confusion later, we ended up on a bus to Kuala Lumpur instead! We had missed the last bus that day for Malacca. Found our way (no thanks to map from tourist information) to an ok hostel for one night and then onto the Green Hut hostel which we had booked previously. First evening we went and found the Petrona...