On my first day in Phuket I had decided to go to Phi Phi island. I got picked up and taken down to the marina to get the boat, the bus was full of Russians who thankfully got on another boat to mine. Why is it always Russians? I'll bet the only place I won't encounter rude Russian tourists is in Russia! I boarded the boat and it took us about an hour to reach the beach, where they filmed the movie of the same name. I listened to my ipod the whole way, mainly...

Well it was up at the crack of dawn this morning to fly to Phuket. I managed to pack up all my stuff and check out of the hotel and walk down to the Sky Train station. Once there, I had to lug all my crap up about three flights of stairs, as this station is built specifically to service the airport, you think they might have a lift or something! I got the train with no hassle to the main airport, off loaded my bag and went and sat down and had some breakfast...

I was up early this morning for my tour to the Floating Markets and the Tiger Temple. I got picked up just after 7am by my guide whose name was Lin. We drove out of Bangkok for about an hour an a half to reach the Floating Markets. Once there we were all herded into yellow, motor powered long boats and taken about 20 minutes down the canal. We reached the floating market and it was a great site. People in small wooden boats selling there wares, a lady screa...

I opted for a quieter day today, or at least that's what I told myself when I got out of bed. I went back down to the ferry boat and caught it up river to Chinatown. I got lost almost instantly, the place was complete chaos and it was about the time I saw a cat being wheeled down the street in a basket and into a nearby restaurant I realised I wasn't living up to the quiet day bargain I'd made myself. I decided to get the boat back to the Sky Train station, ...

I left Bangkok today, for an organized tour to Ayuthaya, the old capital of Thailand, this was something I had really been looking forward too. After yesterdays effort, or lack there of I should say, I was not, however, looking forward to a bungling local guide. In either regard I was not disappointed. I was picked up at 6:10am and then we drove around picking up people from two other hotels. The guide could not find the last hotel and we drove around in...