We survived the overnight sleeper train last night.  We had to sleep in bunks which the guard made up for you, in a carriage with loads of other bunks.  We had some little cockroaches in our cabin but we survived.  Killed four of them... When we arrived we took a tuk tuk to the hotel and had breakfast, the rest of the group went off to do and elephant trek and we got a driver for the day and went to the Doi Suthep temple which is right on the ...

We arrived in Bangkok a couple of days ago.  Its a lot more hectic than Samui. Our hotel is rubbish, the staff are rude and we have a family of rats running around in the ceiling cavity keeping us awake at night.   The pace of life here is manic on our first night was had a walk up the main street and there are loads of street vendors everywhere, tuk tuk drivers and hoards of people. On Sunday we took the skyrail to the Chatuchak Market.&...

Still in Samui, Mainly lying around on the beach and enjoying the sunshine. We went to the Angthong National Marine Park on last Sunday which was brilliant. 42 islands off the coast of Thailand. We took a speedboat there and stopped off for some snorkelling at one of the islands. Jim cut his foot open on one of the rocks!! But he was a brave soldier and battled through the pain...no plasters...rnrnWe then went to a lagoon, and walked up millions of steps to get t...

We made it to Ko Samui after our mega long journey.  Picked up some accommodation at the airport, and we are currently staying in Bophut which is in the north of the island at a beach side resort. The airport was unique, the smallest airport we have seen, a thatched hut with a conveyor belt for the luggage.The beach is beautiful where we are staying, white sand and lovely blue sea.  With a view of the other islands.  We have spent most of...