Hello everyone, On Sunday evening we caught the sleeper train from Bangkok to Surat Thani, then the coach to Phuket the next morning. When we got on we were in seats facing each other, then when we wanted to go to sleep the man looking after our carriage came and converted them into bunk beds. There was a monk next to us who was really friendly, he asked us where we were going and warned us that the train is usually late arriving. When we got there he pointed to...

Hello everyone, So, were in Phuket now! I'll just update you on what we got up to in Bangkok since our last blog... On Friday we moved to the hotel over the road, it was posher but didn't have as much character as the other place. Afterwards we went to the grand palace. Unfortunately it was raining when we got there and we did get pretty drenched. The place is huge and is made up of various temples, statues and other buildings, all of which are beautiful. The t...

Hello everyone, We finally made it to Thailand! I would firstly like to thank Dan, Sadie and Mark for dropping us off at Heathrow :) Our flights over were great and pretty luxurious considering we were just in the standard seats. We had to change planes in Mumbai. I was fascinated by the slums we saw as we flew over, they're absolutely massive and come right up against the airport. After a bit of a delay, we continued onwards to Bangkok. Ryan wasn't too happy w...