A week in paradise.. When I stepped off the boat in Koh Tao I was amazing at how beautiful this island was. It had the mandatory long golden stretches of beach with cocoanut trees leaning over and the mountains to the rear. I was staying at a hostel down the far end of the beach. The hostel was of a good standard and looked fairly new, all I wanted to do was sleep! I can't have slept for more than 2 hours the previous night. I relaxed in the hostel until later...

Bangkok to Koh toa We arrived early back to Bangkok and once again the overnight train had taken it's toll, everyone was shattered and not just that I was leaving this great group of people! We headed straight for breakfast at a place near to the station. After breakfast i made my way back to suneta hostel, the capsule hostel from before the trekking trip. but when I arrived it was nearly full, just 1 bed left but I couldn't check in until 2 so I messaged Ta...

Contiki- islands hopping trip! After my relaxing week on Koh Tao, I find myself once again at a ferry port saying goodby to the same GAdventures group as when I left Bangkok! Today I am heading to Koh Sumai, the largest of the 3 islands on the east coast and also the most built up to join another tour group! I'm really sad to be saying good buy to Koh Toa as it's been so nice to chill out but I will be back in only 3 days! I arrived at the hotel late, so onc...

Chang Mai tribe trek We got back late from the ladyboy show but we still had to pack and make sure everything was ready for the early start the next morning. My cadet training was kicking in again so I had packed as little as possible to survive the 3 days in the bush, some people had massive bags and I just can't understand why! The first stop of the day was to the tourist police station where we had to give them passport copies and a map of where we planned ...

Bangkok to Chang Mai Bangkok centre hotel where the G adventures tour was starting was much further out from the busy Koh San road but it was a very nice hotel, my room on floor 7 had a great view of the city. I had joined the tour a few hours late as I had been on the tour to the bridge the same day. I would be sharing rooms with a guy called Dean from Sunderland. Everyone had decided to head out so Koh San road to see the nightlife, I thought I better go too ...