We have finally made it to paradise...well the beach and sun and relaxation at any rate so life's pretty awesome at the moment. We left Surat Thani bright and early on Saturday morning in search of the correct pier having failed to find it the previous night and after a number of stops at the wrong place we finally had tickets to ko phangan. A bus and 2 and 1/2 hour ferry ride later and we had made it to the islands. Having received an email from hostelbookers th...

**WARNING DULL TRAVELLING POST** Wellll unfortunately I was ill when we were supposed to be doing our cooking course (typical!) and Tess still didn't feel great after the previous night so we decided to save the cooking course for when we get to Kanchanaburi. To make up for our consequent lack of meals we made a visit to our favourite store, the good ole 7-11, to stick up for the train journey ahead. Pringles, yoghurts, m&ms, ritz crackers and of course koal...

Hello there :) so we've finally left Laos and made it back into Thailand having had a pretty chilled out day in Luang Prabang which we've come to the conclusion is the calmest city ever. Literally everything and everyone moved at snail pace although it could also have something to do with the heat which, on the day we left, was roasting. It was like walking around with an electric blanket on you in the midday sun. I hope that explains if vividly enough. We spent ...

Woo we made it! Already got lost on the very short15 minute walk from the station to our hotel but the detour got me (flo) far too excited about tailors, markets and mostly..food! Enjoyed a lovely 'cup' of wine on the plane whilst my hobo travel companion slept the journey away (see image)...fingers crossed we sleep tonight! Hotel already think we're complete weirdos as we trooped in with our humongous bags and then dumped them on their shiny floor..they weren'...