We left Bangkok and had an 11 hour eventful journey to Phuket. The bus, filled with mossies and cockroaches stopped in a town called Surat thani where the scams commenced. Although we had already purchased a ticket to Phuket town , a salesman was trying to make us pay extra to be taken directly to our destination. Thankfully we were warned about this so didnt pay, and advised some others to keep their purses closed. The salesman kept giving evil looks to Simon a...

Headed off for a day trip in Kantanaburi today. First we went to see the River Kwae bridge and had a stroll across it. Was kind of scary as beneath the rotten wood planks was the dirty brown river! SPLASH! Thankfully neither of us fell in. The bridge was built by Japanese POW during WWII. In the afternoon we headed to the Tiger Temple. We had photos with several very large and sleepy tigers before heading to see the cubs. There weren't many people around so me a...

Lovely to read all your messages. was fab news to hear that youre out of hospital Dave! :) We arrived back in Bangkok a few hours a go after travelling all day from Koh Chang. Koh Chang was lovely. The weather was miserable! Rainy season sucks! The first two days we stayed in Lonely beach, in the Sunflower huts. Just plain wooden shacks with cold showers. The bathroom had no roof so got drenched whenever we needed a wee!! There were plenty of bars and hippy hang...

Lovely to read all your messages. was fab news to hear that youre out of hospital Dave! :) We arrived back in Bangkok a few hours a go after travelling all day from Koh Chang. Koh Chang was lovely. The weather was miserable! Rainy season sucks! The first two days we stayed in Lonely beach, in the Sunflower huts. Just plain wooden shacks with cold showers. The bathroom had no roof so got drenched whenever we needed a wee!! There were plenty of bars and hippy hang...

Hey everyone. It's so hot here!! Simon can't stop leaking. Just incase you've not heard - we'll brag again about our FREE UPGRADE on the flight. Champagne. food menus, hot towels!! Arrived in Bangkok and struggled to get through immigration as we werent given an arrival card...there weren't any about and the Thai people couldnt quite understand and just kept sending us away. Finally got through and jumped on the bus to Khao San Road. First night we spent here wa...