We couldn't leave Thailand without checking out one of the islands. Well it just wouldn't be right would it? We decided to opt for Ko Chang as it was just a hop away from our next stop, Cambodia, and we could take a bus all the way from Bangkok.....so that helped to swing it. As you look a the map of Thailand we are down the peninsula on the right, at the very bottom of Thailand. The island is less well known than those on the "left leg" - Phuket, Ko Samui etc ...

Where do I start? We seem to have fitted so much into our nine days here in Chiang Mai, and much to John's delight even managed some golf. I did send him into both Delhi and Bangalore golf clubs, to look for pitch markers and suss out the playing details. He returned from both empty handed - but Chiang Mai turned up trumps. The course was even walking distance from our accommodation - so it was a winner on all counts. Five months without striking a golf club prod...

We headed north from Ayutthaya to Chiang Mai, the second largest city in Thailand with a population of around 200,000 depending on whose stats you read. It's a popular place on the tourist trail so has its share of cafes, temples and visitors. Despite that it's an interesting place and we had no problem filling our nine days. When we booked the accommodation we weren't too sure whether nine days might be stretching things, but we knew we had to organise our Mya...

Wats, Wats everywhere, and lots of temples too. The historic city of Ayuttthaya is a UNESCO world heritage site, being a collection of ancient ruins from the time when Ayutthaya was a second capital of the Siamese kingdom. We were fortunate to find a small hostel type accommodation close to the centre of the historical area, which meant we were able the to walk around nod much of the area. The ruins are distributed over a large area, with a number of streams and ...

Kanchanaburi is a small town to the west of Bangkok, and better known as the home of the Bridge over the River Kwai. The building of the bridge to transport the Burma - Thailand railway line across the river was an important part of Japan's attempt to improve their supply links during their attempts to conquer South East Asia when they entered into World War 2 in 1941. Prisoners of War from Britain, Netherlands, Australia, and India were used to construct both th...