After a top new years on the beach of Koh Samui surrounded by endless fireworks it was time to leave Thailand. We had decided to get into Cambodia it would be necessary to hit Bangkok for a few days first and get a bus from there, we never thought actually getting to Bangkok would be so stressful! Due to it now being the 3rd of January every man and his chicken and backpacker was leaving Ko Samui to get back to work, this meant no seats available on any buses fro...

We thought maybe we would actually sleep on the overnight bus, it was quite the opposite! We were the only 'non locals' on the bus and every time we dosed off we were awoke by the driver switching on all the lights and shouting something in whatever language it was. At 4am we arrived at yet another roadside food court in the middle of knowhere but this time the driver demanded everyones passports. We reluctantly handed them over with thoughts of him driving off o...