If you are ever passing through Phetchaburi, it's worth a stop for a few days. We stayed in a lovely little guest house near the river (JJ's Home run by a sweet Thai lady and her American husband), just across the road from a little restaurant serving great, cheap food (Rabieng Rim Nam) and only a 5 minute walk to the local night market every night. Keen to shake off the last of Hua Hin, we got out straight away and explored some of the nearby Wats before sunse...

Well, we didn't leave for Krabi the next day…but we finally managed it the day after! And with our change of scenery came the renewed vow to get back to our budget. We'd splurged for a few weeks, but now was the time to tighten our belts and be sensible - after all, how else are we going to be able to afford to visit all of these new places we keep adding to the list?! Krabi was just a stopover to break up the journey to the East coast islands (Koh Pha...

Firstly; apologies for the lack of updates recently…no excuse! Secondly; Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! Our retreats went well, I really enjoyed my yoga retreat and got quite a lot out of it. More than anything, realising that I can do things when I put my mind to them and to start being a bit prouder of my achievements rather than concentrating on the things I didn't quite manage. I challenged myself to doing a full 2 day silence, which I almos...

4 months ago, the thought of a 14 hour train journey would have put us off and got us booking the next flight! But now, we're seasoned pro's… Our train left Bangkok at 10pm and the first impressions were good! Much cleaner than the Indian trains we had travelled on and there were luggage racks next to each set of bunks which meant that we didn't need to squeeze them onto our beds with us! We spent a few hours chatting with the girls opposite us and then dr...

Our flight from Mumbai was at 1am, due to get into Bangkok at about 7am local time, so we were both shattered by the time we boarded the plane. We both managed to get some sleep, and woke up just as we were landing…a new country! Passed through immigration no trouble at all, picked up our bags straight away and headed out into the unknown…as we were both a bit dazed and confused after not much sleep, we opted to take a taxi to our hostel, rather than nav...