Today's and easy one to write about, we woke up, sorted the room an our stuff and checked out. We then went to the tour office where we booked our first local bus ticket for our first bit of travelling on our own! The lady who booked our tickets then got us a taxi and came with us to the bus station to show us where to get our bus (worth the extra £4 on the bus ticket) we got in the bus and were the only non Thai people on the bus! After three films, to rest ...

Today is the day I've been lookin it's at to for a while, visiting elephants and tigers! We choose to do the same trip as Lauren and Shane as they said the animals were all well treated and the general experience was good! This meant we had a private car and guide for the day, which was good as the trip was around 3 hours to the boarder of Thailand and Burma. First st op the bridge over the river ????. This was an added bonus for the trip, as I've always hea...

Today we decided not to lounge around in bed and go as see some bits of bangkok. So we grabbed breakfast, got our bits together and got a tuk tuk to the grand palace. You can really see why it's named 'grand' as most of the buildings are decorated with coloured glass and shiney bits everywhere, murals with gold leaf line the outside walk and the giant golden tower in the centre really do shout 'grand'! They have a strict dress code which Hanas leggings did not...

Today was a sad day. We got up early, headed to mcdonalds for a breakfast and then had to say goodbye to Lauren and Shane! The last 3 weeks have been amazing and I wish they could have stayed for longer! Our plans for today are nothing - we are staying in bed and around the hotel, as we need a day of nothing as the last 3 weeks have involved a lot of moving, different hostels, different experiences and we need a day to recoup before we see the sites of bangkok...

Today we got up early and headed off too the airport to catch our flight to Bangkok. All went well and we arrived at our hotel by 11am. Unfortunately we couldn't check in until 2pm - we decided to take a walk along Kohsan and get a drink at charts until check in! Finally checked in we went for a quick swim and sunbathe - back to the room for a quick sort and we went back out to watch Lauren and shane get their bamboo tattoos - after we went for a few drinks and...