Another early start today as Christina had to leave me today L and get a flight home to the UK. We were going to use the same airport transfer service that we used yesterday but when we got there we were immediately approached by a taxi driver offering to take us there. He started with a really high price and we knew exactly how much it would be on the bus, so we started bartering with him. This got really annoying as he just wouldn't give up especially as...

Today we were up early to have breakfast one last time at our hotel (still alone and no one else had checked in yet) and then we got a lift from the manager to the airport. Once at the airport and checked in we had a look around some of the small shops there and Christina bought a few gifts and we headed off to the Bangkok Airways lounge for free drinks and snacks and played dominos until it was time to board the plane to Bangkok.Arriving at Bangkok airport for ...

You can guess how we felt this morning, waking up at 8am to the sound of the alarm clock. Yes, Christina and I were what you could say....slightly hung over!I got ready and headed out at 9am to pick up Pup and Tae and left Christiana behind to get ready. I met our two friends outside Burger King in the town and returned to our hotel to pick up Christina. At least we were not the only ones with a hangover. Pup and Tae went out last night after the pub shut and ...

First thing this morning I went down to reception to see if I could hire a car for the day, they said that they could take me to a company they knew which were reasonable and didn't rip you off when you returned the car. Great, so I jumped in, went to town and picked up a Toyota Hilux for £16 per day. It was a little old and battered but was cheaper than the newer model and I guessed that if I put a scratch or two on it they wouldn’t notice so much....

Today we had a very lazy day around the pool and we have decided that we are the only people staying in this hotel and we had the whole pool all to ourselves. It was absolutely boiling today, probably over 40˚C and the coolish pool was a very welcome sight.I have found that it is very painful to swim today and was only able to float around pain free, I must have done something quite serious in Chiang Mai when I came off the mountain bike. I guess this is a...