Needless to say, Ken was sufficiently surprised to see us turn up at the airport for the flight to Krabi. He was even more surprised when Claudia and Rochelle arrived, having not seen them for almost 2 years! Ken and Holley (his girlfriend) had spent a week travelling around Bali over his birthday and after a 12 hour layover in Bangkok, were both shattered, so we stayed near Krabi for a night and worked out a plan. Ken wanted to retrace his steps from Christmas...

There's something quite homely and comforting about Thailand, so coming back to Bangkok was almost like coming home. We were staying in a new part of the city for a change, but having mastered the public transport system before, we had no trouble in hopping on the bus and sky train to where we needed to be. It was a rather bumpy descent into Bangkok airport, so I was quite relieved when we finally touched down (I seem to be getting worse with flying, which isn'...

(Mum's visit (Kanchanaburi, Koh Samet & Bangkok), then on to Ayutthaya and Ubon Ratchatani...) So it was back to Bangkok to meet Mum and explore a bit more of Thailand. Landing at DMK airport was refreshing, all of a sudden, everything was just a little bit easier! It's a nice feeling arriving in a strange but familiar city and pretty much knowing how it works and how to get around, it certainly saves time! We'd mentioned to our hostel the last time w...

Just a few more Wats and then we're done! Think we've just about seen everything in Thailand that we wanted!

Back in Bangkok again with Mum, braving the heat to see the sights!