05/10/2009 - We met our group for the tribal trek, there are ten of us all together and the guide called Nhoi. Our first stop on the tour was Kanchanaburi. Our hotel was really really nice, it was right on the river and had a swimming pool. We dropped our bags off when we got there then headed out to lunch on the river. After lunch we visited the Death Railway museum and cemetary where we acutally learnt somehting, i think tom was more shocked by this!! In the m...

Tonight is our last night on Khao San Road, before we head north on our tribal trek. Yesterday we went sight seeing to the Grand Palace and the Reclining Buddah. We got a tuk tuk there which was even more crazy than the cab ride. The Grand Palace was pretty damn impressive with lots and lots of different statues and temples inside. To be honest we were a little confussed as we thought that the grand palace was one building but its the whole area with about 20 dif...

Hello everyone, will give you a summary of what we have done so far.. We arrived late afternoon yesterday and as soon as we left the airport the heat hit us but luckily we were straight into a air conditioned cab that took us into to town. The driver was crazy, they dont stick to any of the lanes marked on the road they just pretty much go where ever they like. He was singing thai songs all through the journey and trying to speak as much english as he could to u...

Hiya Everyone, justa quick note to let you know we have arrived safely. Bangkok is mental and soo soo humid. we will be back on later to update as we only have 2 mins left on the internet to write this. Hope everyone is ok. Speak soon. Love Louisa and Tom xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx