After we got so pissed off with bangkok we had desperatly tried to leave and head to oz 5/6 days early, however for some reason the english branch werent answering the phone and the branch in Bangkok couldnt be more unhelpful - so we left the capital and headed to a town called Kanchanaburi - about 3 hours west of the capital. Here we found a much more relaxed town, after checking into a hostel for a few pound, we headed into town for a nose around, after most t...

After a few hours on a cheap bus, we came to sukothai which is a small town, which has vast amounts of buddhist ruins. Hired another scooter which im finding are quite fun, hannah sits on the back and refuses to even try and drive it. Went to the ruins, got some good photos which will go on here at some point. Was in like a nature reserve which was very peacefull, a few lakes etc with giant, half standing temple and bludy big statues. Stayed in this town for 2 ni...

We did stop in bangkok for a couple nights, and had fun - although we decided a ping pong show was a bad plan ;-) As we will end our tour of thailand with a final couple nights in bangkok i will write about it then - so after a couple nights there we headed north to chaing mai. Alot nicer up here- cleaner,people friendlier and slightly cooler. Checked into a hostel for 3.80/nite for a double room, ensuite and the hostel has bar, restaurant and swimming pool so ha...

We made it, after a big ordeal of national buses, local buses and ferry crossings but after nearly 2 days travel we made it. We have a beach front bungalow about a 5 minute walk down a bludy steep hill down to the secluded private beach with a few other bungalows like ours. At only a 5 pound a nite for the room who can complain? One direction has a jungle and the sounds of birds and crickets, the other a view out to sea and only the waves crashing on the shore to...

Well its been a flying visit through malaysia. Came up from Singapore a week ago and headed for a small town called melaka. This was alrite, quiant historical kinda town, hostel was cheap as chips, although i was on high alert for the cockroaches - killed couple small ones then a lizard came inside.....which we kept indoors in order to eat the bugs which he must have as didnt see any more. Had a decent resturaunt where u picked skewered food from a buffet cart at...