We have become accustomed to being picked up very late and walking for 15mintes to reach our bus pick up point, to then travel for over 12 hours, all of that is second nature, easy!!! But this bus journey was something else!!!! Mosquitoes flying all around, water from the Air Con dripping (like a water fall) onto you from above and the seats all broken so the supportive metal bars dig into your kidneys and back. Lucky we only had about 12 hours or we would ...

As expected, Bangkok was crazy crazy town!! As it always is!! We arrived at around 7am and found our way from the bus terminal to the taxi rank. It took us about 15minutes of staring with confused amazement, trying to work out the process of being allocated a taxi!! There seemed to be a wide 8 lane road with a little island dividing each one, a 'queue' of sorts( more like 65 separate queues) and a few people in orange jackets standing on the islands waving...

The only way is up!!! As they say. After our time to Legian, that must be true… Unless your next stop is Phuket….. We arrived back in Thailand, a much wetter and cooler climate than that of Bali. Quite refreshing and provided some relief from all the heat and sun we have been in for the last few weeks. It's a hard life. The bus we took from the airport took us to our Hostel, obviously stopping, quite shamefully at the side of a highway to drop us off a...

EARLY CHRISTMAS CRACKER TRIVIA: QUESTION: what is the difference between Kho Phi Phi and Malia, Magaluf, Agia Napa and Butlins in Bognor Regis?! ANSWER: Nothing... I honestly could not believe my eyes, as the boat came round the corner and approached this once green, relaxing and almost ghostly island we were greeted by a sky line of high rise hotels, the sound of thumping music blearing, the buzz and mingling of Club Reps handing out flyers for a cheap fry up...

So after a few crazy days in the capital, it was time we left Bangkok for calmer surroundings. We booked an all night "12 hour direct" bus journey down to the south of Thailand and decided krabi would be our next point of call. We found ourselves quite excited to get away from the hustle bustle, ping pong show, do you want to buy a suit Bangkok, and both needed some open space and fresh air. So excited infact, that at 5.30am the night before, we were still drink...