Although we were scheduled to arrive in Bangkok shortly after 6am, in reality it turned out to be nearly 9am. Our flight to Australia was at 6.30 that evening so we only had a few hours to kill before we needed to be at the airport - which flew! We spent at least an hour and a half looking for a hostel on the Khao San road with Dan and Stu, during which time we also found a medical centre for travellers where Dan could get his next jab (that day) which was good b...

When we arrived in Surat Thani we jumped into a tuk tuk and, as usual, checked out a few hostels before we found one cheap and nice enough. Dan and Stuart paid a little extra for air-con and hot water but we opted for a fan room and used their shower - skanks! JAfter we'd put our bags in, we went straight out to get something to eat at an indoor DIY Thai BBQ. It was lovely but proved pretty difficult to order as the workers spoke little English! We stuck with the...

We were dropped off at our hostel in Chaweng, Ko Samui by the taxi driver at about 6ish. It was a nice place right on the beach front, a beautiful beach may I add, rooms were decent, a good size and all for a cheap price. Villa were playing West Brom in about half an hour so everyone rushed around checking in and getting ready to go out. We went down to the main road looking for somewhere to watch the match, the first place we found was showing the West Ham game,...

We arrived in Krabi Town at around 2ish in the afternoon, we organised a place to stay at a travel shop where the bus dropped us off. The standard of the hostel we stayed at was a bit low but it was cheap so we were happy to stay. We were meeting Marc that evening, another of my friends coming over to join us, he was just a few weeks behind the others due to work commitments. Marc had stayed in Phuket the previous evening and was due to get to Krabi and hook up w...

The hotel that we ended up choosing was called Lanta Pavilion, it was the cheapest, it had a pool and it had temperamental WI-FI, which all in all makes a pretty good deal. To get there we, once again, sat in the back of a truck - yay! When we arrived we had lunch - which was expensive but lovely - and met the funniest waiter we've had yet! His name is 'Boy' and although he was really sweet, what made him so funny was that he fancied Janek, loads! From the first ...