Out the door at 6am for our 7am bus to Sukhothai. Breakfast of croissant and banana cake was waffled down in the first hour of 5, on our way to Sukhothai. Arrived as planned at midday and dropped in the 'Old (rather than New) City' of Sukhothai. The Lonely planet guide only gives recommendations about the New Sukhothai and explains that it is just a 20 minute Tuk-Tuk to the historical (old) city. With little time to spare on our route, and no desire to see th...

Today was a simple yet pleasant day. We started with a nice croissant breakfast from a little bakery we had found the day before. We were feeling lazy today, and the weather is still really hit and miss, so we mainly chilled; drank lots of tea, read, lots of walking around again, another night street-market, and the only other food we managed was an all you can eat sushi buffet for $11pp....very tasty! Unfortunately not very Thai, but we had our hearts set on ...

Today was AWESOME! We woke up at 6:30am and the first and most important thing we both wanted/needed was TEA!!! We pulled on some clothes and headed straight for breakfast, regardless what we looked like. We went for breakfast just around the corner. Croissant, eggs, fruit salad and english breakfast tea for two please :) With the rain falling, and predicted to fall all day, we decided that it was a day to wrap up in our wet gear and go temple hopping. We plan...

Our first 24hours in Thailand turned out better than we expected. I withdraw my earlier comments and concerns for a western influenced Thailand. Today's trip to an amazing temple housing an impressive gold 30ft meditating Buddha, with a broken Thai phrase book conversation (with the caretaker), followed by a kick in the taste buds pad Thai for lunch and hour of people watching in the bus station effortlessly helped to prove that a small western influence hasn't...

1 coach, 1 boat, 1 mini van, 5 Tuk Tuk's and 19 hours later we are FINALLY in THAILAND!!! Although that sounds pretty stressful, in Olly and Siobh style, we pretty much slept the whole way, despite missing our first scheduled tuk tuk, nearly missing the coach and breaking down in the middle of the jungle at 3am!!! We are now in Chiang Rai, the most northern province in Thailand. Although quoted by our 'bible' as "more liveable than visit able", we decided that...