Another week has passed already!! Can't believe I've been away just over 3 weeks - time is going so quickly....So, on Monday I started my tour of Southern Thailand for 7 days. We had to leave Bangkok a bit earlier than epxected because of the protests that were going on - a car bomb went off 2 streets away from the hotel I was staying in so we went to another hotel and got a minibus to the train station from there. This meant we were waiting at the train statio...

hi again!! So I got back to Bangkok yesterday morning (Saturday) and am back at the Viengtai Hotel which is good cus I know how to get around from there. Its the next road along from Koh San Road which is where all of the bars, markets are so its in a really good spot. Been here just over 2 weeks already - cant believe how quickly time is going by. I'm having an afternoon by the pool today - I've done so much over the past 2 weeks its nice to have a chilled d...

Hello - What a week! I arrived in Bangkok last saturday afternoon - went straight to bed when I arrived at my hotel as I was so tired. On sunday I met a couple of people also travelling on their own at the pool and went for lunch and a walk round Koh San Road with them for the afternoon. My tour meeting was on Sunday evening where I got to meet everyone in my group. There are 10 of us plus our group leader Aom (pronounced Om). I'm the youngest in the group, t...