Yey....we arrived in Phi Phi on Monday 8th Dec (still not heard a xmas carol and seen only a few pathetic attempts at decorations!!) Ferry took a few hours but gave us free croisants and tea...BONUS!!! Arrived into the Koh Phi Phi Don (the bigger island which is inhabited) and headed in any direction to find the cheapest accomodation going! The town is really small, its hard to describe unless you look at a map of the island as the harbour beach and the north bea...

Back again......as some of you may be aware our trip from Koh Samui to Phuket was a bit of a nightmare!! We bought our tickets from a travel agent and thought all would be kosha but things started to look dodgy from the moment we were picked up in a taxi instead of a bus. We had two fellow brits with us on same journey (they were heading back the UK) so we felt a bit more comfortable....but to cut a very long stroy short....after getting to mainland Thailand we w...

So on Tue 25th Nov the four us left Siem Repa and headed to the Thai border in Poipet! We had heard so many dodgy stories about this trip as the road is still under construction and really bad in places, so the bus journeys are no fun! We decided being 4 of us a taxi to border would be best (true backpacking now) so we paid $40 for the 3 hour trip! It has to be said the road is pretty bad! The bridges are not finished so every few miles we corssed dirt paths whi...

Hey Guys......Well we are finally able to give you some insight into our adventure so far!! What a first week so far!!! We arrived safely in Bangkok, after a quick diversion to Chang Mai, north Thailand due to heavy thunderstorms (on flight an extra 2half hours we think!) and headed straight to our hostel on the bus! an hours journey cost us 3quid each, not too bad! Bangkok.....hot, humid and definately crazy!!!!!! Big roads and cars/motorbikes/tuktuks everywhe...