Kho Samui = not very nice. We had a day-long journey to get here and I was quite excited about getting to a place I'd heard of so much. But when we finally arrived and found an inn to stay in (not a very nice one, cockroach central and the smelliest room we ever did find), we dumped our bags and made our way to the main strip in Kho Samui. It was very touristy, full of beggars and street touters, and very smelly everywhere. We knew straight away that we didn't...

Railay Beach has been one of our favourite places so far. We have spent four days here because we like it so much! We arrived here by boat from Phi Phi and had to wade through the sea with all our bags (there's no pier). The girl next to me tripped and dropped her bag in the sea with her camera etc. Oops! After finally making it safely to dry land, we decided to splash out on a decent hotel, and found ourselves in an amazing room with a proper shower (imagine ...

we have stayed on the island of Phi Phi for four days now, longer than we planned, because it is so lovely here. Only a couple of hours' boat ride from Phuket, we arrived here and immediately knew we wanted to stay a bit longer. There are two main beaches that are back to back - the rest of the island is almost uninhabited. We asked for a cheap hotel for the first night and found ourselves in a hut looking out onto the beach, backed by a huge mountain covered in ...

After a turbulent 2 hour flight from Chiang Mai to Phuket it was nice to step off the plane into blazing sunshine, which we hadn't really seen since Dubai. Phuket airport was right by the sea, which was unnerving as we felt we were going to land in the water! We had absolutely no idea where we were going to go in Phuket, so as soon as we heard some one mention Patong Beach, we decided to go there. A short(ish) taxi ride later, we asked the driver to take us to a...

During our first day in Chiang Mai we were so shattered by the overnight coach journey we took it very easy. Went for a Thai massage (no, not a dodgy one!) and it was nice but very painful. They were kneeling on us and pounding us with their elbows! And bending our heads down and elbowing our necks! It was funny, especially as Clout had the bigger more abusive woman. He was grimacing a fair bit. After that, we had a wander round Chiang Mai and then went to a Thai...