We arrived at kanchanaburi on January 22nd, after around a three hour journey on a mini bus. Sharing the journey with us were a french couple, a young woman and two thai mothers with their adorable little daughter ( i have a soft spot for babies, especially cute, round raced oriental ones!). We had not yet seen or knew much about the guest house that we had booked as a lovely woman named Fin had arranged it all for us in a tourist information spot in Bangkok. I m...

First day in Bangkok: We arrived at Bangkok at around 06:30 this morning. After a long flight with not much sleep we were eager to get a cab to drop off our backpacks so we could explore the city without having the weight of our luggage holding us down. It was easy to find a cab to drive us to khaosan road. It was around a half an hour drive and cost us 350 TB. HOWEVER, our taxi driver was a keen collector of foreign currency so we made a deal to give him £5 w...