Phuket With a heavy heart I write the last journal entry before I am no longer a brave single traveller exploring the world as tomorrow I am joined by Mum, Michelle and Claire and will fall drastically down the coolness ranks to a "holiday-maker" BOO!!! Here goes.... This morning we left Ko Yao Noi and got a boat to Phuket, first stop was a Gibbon Rehabillition centre and waterfall! It had lots of Gibbons that had been abused, neglected or used in tou...

Ko Yoa Noi After a chilled out couple of days in Krabi we headed over to Ko Yoa Noi a muslim island via boat. We were staying in beach bungalow style accom and the place in general was pretty nice! Me and Francesca who is a 22 year old girl on my tour from Manchester hired a moped for the day, as the island is fairly smallish, quiet and getting to and from the village on foot would have been a royal pain in the arse! We spent the whole of the first afternoon zip...

KRABI Just a quick note to let everyone know I am now in Krabi - and it is ruddy gorgeous! I have managed to get quite a fetching sunburn today while sunbathing on Railay Beach - tomorrow I am doing a 4 Islands tour which I am fairly convinced will involve more red blotchy skin! Got a couple more days here before we move on! Have decided relaxing on a Thai beach is the perfect way to end my hetic trip! Will do a proper update later in the week! Mel

Chiang Rai - Chiang Mai - Bangkok After The Hill Tribe Trek we had an additional two days in Chaing Rai, in this time we went to the Golden Triangle. Which is where Burma, Thailand and Laos are separated by water way and it is shaped like a Triangle. We took the oppurtunity being so close to so many borders to gain some additional passport stamps! First stop was Burma, where we spent an hour around the Burmese Markets! Which I did NOT enjoy, everyone was just tr...

Chiang Mai - Chiang Rai and a Hill Tribe TrekBriefly before I go into great detail about how I survived a Three Day Hill Tribe Trek in Chiang Rai I would like to pay homage to the brilliance of the Chiang Mai night markets!The day before we set off to Chiang Rai we had a free day to explore Chiang Mai, we had options to do stuff like bike riding and quad biking but being me I decided to try and get a lie in and do jack all all day! unfortunatley due to some pesky...