3 NovemberChaing MaiKIM: Today was a chill day! Supposed to be anyway. I started the day with a little run. No exercise since Koh Tao, and I was aching to just run for a bit! Came home to my husband, with the same addiction to exercise as me, doing pushups! So chilled day, started out not so chilled. After an attempt to rent a motorbike that we decided against, breakfast at JJ Bakery (which although mentioned in the guide to SE ASIA on a BUDGET was rather pricey ...

2 NovemberChiang MaiKIM: A sleeper train offers clean sheets, a flat bed with pillow and a lovely clean blanket. The London underground offers cramped conditions, smelly armpits and beeping noises every time the doors close, but yet - I fall asleep easier on the way to work on the tube than I did last night! This could be due to the open window next to my bed, the apprehension of what was to come or the 7 large & in charge drunken Czech travelers that decided...

1 NovemberBangkok - Temple DayKIM: The Hawks will not be scammed again! Unfortunately this has resulted in us being rather rude to any thai person who approaches us in any attempt to be 'helpful'. We trust no-one… and with that mind set we made it safely in the non-tourist boat down the Chao Phraya River and onto our first temple of the day - Wat Pho which houses the enormous statue of a reclining Buddha. Forty five meters long and his giant feet are inlaid wit...

31 OctoberBangkokKim: I walked with a Tiger! I patted a tiger! (well we both did .. and I just wanted to share that first). Mark has the story of the day below..Mark: 06:00. Alarm screams at us to get up because we're going to the Floating Markets, River Kwai Bridge & Tiger Temple today. Our bags were packed the night before as we're moving out of Koh San Palace and back to Shambara Guesthouse. We've discovered that our room in KSP adjoins a nightclub on 2 fr...

30 OctoberBangkok Mark: Woke up with serious plans for the day…. 1) Get blankets 2) Take laundry to be done 3) Book tickets to Chang Mai 4) Book 2 more nights accom in BKK 5) Book tour for Floating Markets, River Kwai Bridge & Tiger Temple 6) Go to Grand Palace in time for free guided English tour at 2pm 7) Visit Wat Arun & Wat Pho. By 11 o'clock we had accomplished the first 5 on the list. Then we headed off for the temples brushing off the usual Tuk...