HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! As you would expect, it's been an eventful few weeks since our last blog entry! Let's backtrack to the week leading up to Christmas, which we spent in a very rainy Singapore... In continuation of our bad dorm experiences, our tiny six bed room was on top form, and saw us dealing with a variety of undesirable incidents. We endured old men parading around in pidgeon smugglers, a stoned man repeatedly launching himself off his top bunk i...

So, umm, our plans have changed again...shock! After experiencing the absolute bread sandwich that was Ko Lanta, we decided to sack off the Andaman coast and head to the Gulf of Thailand. Our trip to Ko Samui was certainly an experience: Em-squared sharing one seat = Gilbert with a seatbelt up her arse, Billsy practically sitting on the driver's lap and the most awkward crisp sandwich ever eaten! We decided to avoid the infamous Full Moon party of Ko Phangan and...

Greetings! Well, after thinking Patong was as bad as Phuket got, we made the mistake of hitting Phuket Town on the east coast... although maybe our choice of hostel played a part in our ever growing dislike for the island. We arrived at O'Malley's (yes, we ashamedly booked in to an IRISH BAR) only to be greeted (in some form) by a drunk manager who had no idea if he had a room for us. Our room was basic to say the least; bunkbeds with rocks for mattresses and a ...

WE'RE ALIVE!! Em squared are happy to announce that we escaped the Bangkok floods by the skin of our teeth. Our hostel was two minutes away from the ever rising river, and things got a bit scary when the hostel owners began building a small wall at the entrance to keep the water out! This was all very well, but when we heard crocodiles were now roaming the streets, we questioned the extent to which a two foot wall would really protect us. All in all, we really ...

WE'RE HEEEEERE!!!!! After a cancelled flight, a lack of e-tickets, an angry Japanese woman who Billsy nearly took out and a very random reunion for Gilb in Qatar airport, Em squared hath arrived in Bangkok. It's crazy to think that after a spontaneous text this time last year suggesting a round the world adventure, it's finally become our reality. Our hostel is a 5 minute walk from Khao San road and the staff are lovely. Our room is basic (two mattresses on a w...