Friday 9th May 2008 On Katie's recommendation we got a bus to Sukhothai so that we could see the ancient city, on our way South to Bangkok. Unusually it was a very uneventful journey and we found a guesthouse quite close to the ruins, ready to explore the following day. Saturday 10th May 2008 We got up bright and early and caught the local bus (...

We took our first long distance train ride. Because everyone else was bringing a lot of food onto the train, we bought some chicken (KFC tastes the same in Thailand as it does in the US). Then about 1 1/2 hours into the train ride, we see one of the train workers pushing a cart down the aisle with plates of food! First class all the way! It was ...

Well I have crossed the border from Laos to Thailand and have done so much interesting stuff that I fear this will be a looong entry. You can just look at the pictures if you prefer :-) On the plus side I have done so much interesting stuff it should be a good one! After leaving Muang Sing, I slowly headed down a winding bumpy road back to Luang...

after a great time in Bangkok we moved north to thailand's central highlands, to a town called Sukhothai - the ancient capital of thailand. Sukhothai being a good place to break up our long bus journey to chiang mai, has great ruins of ancient temples of a past civilisation, although the muggy heat was certainly stiffling! unfortunately reigning...

"The joy is not in the destination but in the journey itself" - written on a table at the Chan Cha Lay guesthouse in Krabi. If you are looking for a luxuriously comfortable train ride, consider taking one of Japan's brand new sparkling clean bullet trains. You'll love it! If, however, you are interested in a train ride that's a celebration for a...

a confession. I have shamelessly plagiarised Kerry's e-mail to her mum for this entry as I am lazy and anyway it's a fitting break to my sensationalist ranting vitriolic ****.... We hired bikes today and cycled around the old city for about five hours. The temples are dotted in between some amazing landscape, lakes, colourful trees full of tropi...