Wow what a jam packed few weeks we have had... island hopping. Ko Phan Ngan, Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, and Ko Lanta. 1st and 3rd islands were fantastic and you MUST all visit them one day!! As for the other 2, well nothing special to be honest considering we had the picture of perfection in mind especially for Phuket!! Mind you Phuket has a cracking cinema and a Tesco (Tesco Lotus out here) which provided hours of entertainment and some good old western food! We d...

Aren't you all lucky, 2 postcards in about a week!!! Back in Bangkok to buy a few cheap items of clothing before we head for the beaches in southern Thailand. Nice to get back to a decent bit of cuisine at last - by that we don't mean McD's (but we have had a few sneaky burgers!). It's nice to be back in a city we've already done all the touristy things in, it means we can just enjoy being here. Not much else to report i'm afraid so will fill you in with more...

Just left Chiang Mai, much more relaxed than Bangkok thankfully!! We have done a 3 day trek into the jungle and stayed in a couple of bamboo huts talking and, dare I say, dancing into the night around the campfire. Also went elephant riding which was fantastic but at the same time a little scary as we walked along a ledge that was narrower than the beast and it was a 300 foot drop down to the bottom - these things don't have seatbelts you know!! Met some nice p...

For those of you that ever readthis here we go!! Had 4 days in Bangkok now, v v busy but you get used to it after a few hours - its easier to go with the flow than worry about getting run over! Hot hot hot about 35c and Jo's already had a touch of sunstroke - but we knew it would happen at some point!! The Wats and Temples are pretty impressive and the Thais are more religious than i gave them credit for. When they say it is cheap out here they aren't lieing,...