We got a good nights sleep for the first time in a couple of days until we were woken up at 6am by some people from the next dorm that were unbelievably heavy footed and loud. A elephant would have been quieter!! We headed out to find some lunch as we'd slept through breakfast to find that the haze was still lingering. This was annoying as the main attractions in Penang are beaches, a view of the whole island from the top of the hill or temples and we'd already...

We got picked up from the hostel at 8am ready for 12 hours of travelling. It was going to be a long day. We drove for 3 hours to Trang and then had to change minibuses to travel another 2 1/2 hours to Hat Yai. We've learned that the easiest way to travel through a country is just to go along with where the drivers direct you to get another minibus. It seems like chaos at the time but we always get to the final destination. Once we arrived in Hat Yai, we had 9...