Just a quick one from Rach to update you all on the madness that has been our second visit to Bangkok. Well we have indeed made the most of our 2 days here this time round, and actually all really enjoyed it! We got a boat from Koh Tao and then a coach from Chumporn and should have arrived in Bangkok at 5 am on Monday morning, but Thai time being the way it inevitably is, we actually arrived at 1.30 am on Monday morning! Never trust Thai travel agents, they alwa...

Hellooo!! Sorry to have been so lame with the blog updating - me and Al seem have to gone into a lazy trance like state where we can only manage to get out of bed, sunbathe and eat, writing is too much effort hahah! So weve been on the paradise Island of Koh Tao for a week and a half now, getting itchy feet to move on now as we havnt been having many adventures but we have got some marvelous tans and are in a very chilled out state of mind. Swimming in the sea is...

Hi guys! it's alex.. we're in koh tao after leaving the best place ever - VANG VIENG (stopping at the worst place ever KO PHANGANG BLEUGH)! Mieke or rach will update about Vang Vieng where we spent an amazing 3 days.. includin miekes bday and tubing and cycling!!! So we booked a place in Ko Phangan last week whilst we were in Chiang Mai for tues to sat.. so we would be able to go to the full moon party. we flew from Laos to Ko Samui and stayed there for a night...

CHIANG MAI to LAOS!!!!! day one!! Early start again.. we booked a trip from chiang mai to Laos by bus then the slow boat and it was supposed to take 5hours by bus then a hotel for the night in Laos.. However it was not quite like that! we got picked up at 8.30am, in the bus already was a german couple and an english teacher.. went to pick someone else up - Derek and Liam.. they had given their passports in to the travelagents to organise their laos visas.. but t...

TREK DAY - mine and Al's best day so far!!! An early start for us, up at 7 and picked up at 8.30 after a yummy breakfast of croissants and coffee. There were 9 of us all together in our mini van, and me and Al got talking to couple of Canadian boys, Lewis and Chris. I thought they were American whoops quite insulting for a canadian - also said I find it funny when they say 'aboot' instead of about, that didnt go down well! haha, all was good though and our firs...