Greetings from Chiang Mai, We haven't written a blog in a little while, so just to update you, we arrived in Phuket and went straight to Sala (the twin hotel that we stayed at on our honeymoon) and had a very nice stay, albeit a wet one!) the rain looked like it had set in on the islands, so we decided to head North the next day. This was more involved that it sounds! We had to take a bus from Phuket to Bangkok (13hrs), arriving at 4am, having very little sleep....

Hi again, So, from Krabi we went to Koh Lanta, which wasn't on our original itinerary, but we read it was a beautiful island, not quite discovered by backpackers-sounded ideal. We managed to score a great place in a lovely resort for 300 baht (around 6 pounds), which surprisngly came with air con-yes!! It was right on the beach, albeit a rocky one, but the waves were cool (see the video once we upload it-we're having technical difficulties) and it gave us a chan...

Hi all, So we left the Perhentians nice and early, heading towards the Thai border. We hopped into a taxi for 80baht (1.50 pounds) for an hours drive to the border. We went trhough no problems and got our stamp for Thailand. Then we went on the hunt for an ATM as we had no Thai currency and found a minibus heading to Hat Yai. That was a 4hr trip! We arrived in Hat Yai just in time for food and to catch the next minibus (another 3hrs) to Krabi. The minbuses were...