Local Currency: Thai Baht, roughly 48 Baht to £1 Cost of Beer: 70 - 90 Baht (£1.50 - £2.00) "So where are you heading to first?" "We're flying in to Bangkok" "Oh…." "Oh" often the reaction to this answer, accompanied by an anxious expression and a look of absolute doom!!! Ok so if we're honest we weren't particularly looking forward to it either. Hours of blog reading and researching this bustling city had indeed left us rather apprehensive. But Bangk...

We are British. We do not get scammed. Actually, we could spot a scam a mile off…right? It would seem the main reason most of us Brits don't get scammed is pretty much down to a lack of people (i.e. everyone) trying to scam us (i.e. ALL THE LIVE LONG DAY). The problem with so called 'scams' in Thailand is that it is not obvious at all. You are not approached by a fat guy in a suit and told you need double glazing for your conservatory (when you don't even have...

Three weeks today Darren and I are leaving on a jet plane and just like the song, we don't know when we'll be back again. Isn't that just ridiculous? Ever since Darren and I met we knew we wanted to travel. We've spoken about it for years but the time never felt right. We have always had other ambitions that eventually became priorities and therefore travel always took a back seat…but it was never forgotten. So now all those 'priorities' have been fulfill...