Arrived in Bangkok and spent the day taking advantage of the high life in my five star hotel (I got it for free!) Went to meet Nurlan at the airport. It was a miracle we found each other as Bangkok airport arrivals is absolute chaos, people coming out of it from all directions. Nurlan's flight was 4hrs delayed. How that can happen for such a short flight I don't know! Was wonderful to see Nurlan again and got myself a travel buddy. Thailand really is The ...

After seeing this place on so many travel shows it was fantastic to eventually see it for real. It is beautiful. I love the colours and how intricate all the decoration is. Something very fairyland about it, it could almost be made out of sweets. The highlight was the Recling Buddha. It definitely wasn't beautiful with its very shifty eyes but I couldn't fail to be impressed just by its sheer size. Quite something!

I'd heard so much about this place and was quite dubious about going to the world's most popular backpackers' destination. I felt sure I wouldn't like somewhere so popular but I was completely mistaken. Koh Phangan is paradise! Absolutely beautiful, just how you'd hope to find a paradise island with blue skies, blue seas, white beaches lined with coconut trees and butterflies flying around you. It is the perfect place to join in with the laid ...

I'd been really wanting to see this Temple. We'd seen it from the boat and it looked quite spectacular. We eventually got there after an extremely tedious and expensive taxi ride and sneaked our way in just before closing time. It was stunning.