Arrived after an ontime flight from Hanoi and straight into a taxi back to our hotel. We instantly noticed the 'western' side of Thailand in comparison to our last 4 weeks travels, something we had looked at completely differently at that time. We headed out and got measured up for some suits and winter coats, but only after bartering a good pri...

Bangkok is so much cleaner than I thought and compared to india and even Malaysia, it is more developed and has found its feet as a tourist destination. But I did not want to come to Thailand. I have an adversion to things that the average person thinks are great. Bangkok is very westernised. In older times, invading armies would rape, pillage a...

Right, we are back! The travelblogs are getting back on track. We got stuck in beach lazy mode hence the lack of writing. well that's my excuse anyway. Arrived back into bangkok on 16th August after a white knuckle ride of a flight only to find something had happened in the two months we were gone. Bangkok got expensive, an attitude problem and ...

Leaving for southern Thailand.......coastal all the way......

Have finally made it to Thailand and I love it here! Got the Cathay Pacific flight from Singapore.  It was more than half empty so had my choice of seats, got extra leg room along with an Irish guy I had met in Singapore airport.  Had pretty good food as well as more red wine, juice, toblerone (we asked for another one for later) and H...

One of the neat things about travelling SE Asia, is that you can change your mind at the very last minute, and not really have any consequences.  For example, we had planned to go right up to the Laos border and then make our way south, and eventually east, over to Cambodia.  However, the night before we left to head North from Udon Th...

Sorry it's been so long since my last entry, and this one is going to be a quickie as I'm using the hotel Internet here in Bangkok quickly before we leave. We've been here for just under a week and it's been incredible, I think my eyes have been wide the whole time - the architecture, the food, the people have all been fascinating. We've managed...

oh my god its been the busiest couple of weeks and yet iv done so little its unbelievable.......its been amazing..... 15 nov ok so i left the jolly frog after saying goodbye to some very good friends i'd met there...and took a minibus with some locals back to bangkok...which this really cool thai lad sorted out for me....when we first met this g...

I see the last glimpse of the beach from the balcony. We leave the bungalow and walk down the hillside. We have one last beach coffee at the best breakfast place on the island, then get on the bus to the ferry back to the mainland. A peacock flies in front of the windshield. It's tail pointed downwards makes it look huge. The supposed VIP bus on...

Sunday became a rest day for me. Justine and I had breakfast in a kitschy Indian cafeteria downtown. We had a good brunch actually, some roti and curry dip with the local thai veggie salad. She wanted to check Chatuchak market and I opted to stroll in one of the local parks near our hostel. Our hostel is actually quite good because it's convenie...