Leaving Bangkok Early start this morning to catch the train to Aranyaprathet, it was a six hour journey along the rickety train line with lots of people from all walks of life, travellers, locals, families, market sellers with all sorts of bags of fruits and veg (one even brought their own cockroach aboard haha) once we arrived at Aranyaprathet we then caught a 100baht tuktuk to the border, seemed a lot easier than we first thought, pretty well signposted too. W...

Up early, bright eyed and bushy tailed after a better and dryer nights sleep, less thunder no flood water, we headed to grab a quick brekkie (did the mum thing and stuck some croissants and Viennese whirls in the bag for the day, making the most of the inclusive breakfast haha) Our pick up arrived promptly at 6am, Boy.....COWBOY..... as he liked to be known as (apparently he's the southernmost Cowboy, whatever that means, minus the hat, holster, Spurs, and the os...

We have said our goodbyes to New Zealand and jetted off from Queenstown Airport, soon to land down in Sydney to board second flight to Bangkok! Certainly making the most of beverages and food :-) Andrew had a lovely bag search as for some reason he packed a hip flask in his travel bag, one that he's never used and may never use! Andrew got swobbed for bomb making evidence at Sydney airport. Must be his dodgy looking face! ✈️ It's 2am we are in Bangkok, not ...

Well what a start, after hitting the hay last night we were welcomed with a huge thunderstorm throughout the night until 5:30 in the morning.☁️⚡️ Amazing lightening flashes and crazy thunder, very thankful we were in bed rather than in the aeroplane! Until that was we were consumed by the stench of raw sewage, it appears the drainage can't cope with sudden downpours and the drains start to bubble up, very pleasant! After a few hours of very broken sleep ...