We were picked up by a Tuk Tuk from our guesthouse in Siem Reap at 7.30am to get our bus to Bangkok. He took us to another guesthouse where there were lots of other people waiting to get the bus. After a while a coach arrived but it was nearly full, so people started to panic that it had been overbooked (it is definitely possible over here). The man in charge was getting angry because everybody was understandably asking him questions. He then started to load some...

It was our last day in Bangkok today for the time being. Our night last night wasn't particularly heavy but we woke up feeling quite tired and rough, probably because we were drinking cheap beer. There wasn't time to shower before check out so we quickly had some breakfast and left our bags in reception. We had planned to go the the Grand Palace, but you need to be modestly dressed so I borrowed a scarf from Vix and we bought some 'gap yah' trousers (basicall...

Our first proper day as travellers! We woke up at around 9.30am which was good as it meant our bodies had adjusted to the time, and went downstairs in the hostel for our free breakfast. I went for a noodle soup which was really spicy - a strange thing to have for breakfast! We then headed to the skytrain and then got a bus which took us close to Khao San road - the main backpacker road. We took a double room in the first hostel we found because it is high seaso...

I've arrived! Yesterday, after a slightly emotional goodbye to my boyfriend in the day and then my parents at airport security, me, Vicky and Vix (two Victorias!) were finally on our way. The Qantas plane was a Boeing 747, and I was slighty apprehensive about such a long flight, but it was actually incredibly smooth with only a tiny bit of turbulence. We got dinner after take off, followed by a bag of snacks for the nighttime, including a packet of Polos which ...