So, Sam and I had decided it was time to move on from Bangkok. We bought some beers to take back to our hostel and started researching and planning our journey. Outside our small fan assisted oven of a room was a very inviting seating area which would be our camp. We soon realised this may be a hard and treacherous trip as we read countless articles on people being scammed, taken to 'official' looking immigration offices with 'official' looking workers who woul...

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...