We set off to cross the border from Thailand to Malaysia, this was an early start and a long day as we did not reach the island of Penang in Malaysia till around dinner time. We went for a wander around Penang to get an idea of what we wanted to do the next day. We took a half day ciy tour of the island - which included all the different cultural areas in Penang and we went up Penang Hill which has a good view of Penang and you could look back across to Malaysi...

As we drove to Krabi we stopped off at a site where the monkeys are usually spotted - we managed to see a large number of monkeys and they were very used to humans been around. As we arrived in Krabi we noticed that it was a major tourist destination, we obviously started by exploring the beach! We got woken up early in the morning - to the shouts of 'fire' - not something you expect to hear! There was a fire in the hotel opposite us so we were all evacuated, wi...

The next step on the journey is to Surat Thani, we made our way on the overnight train from Chiang Mai back to Bangkok, and then spent a day relaxing around Bangkok - well as much as you can relax in Bangkok, before meeting a tour group that we would be making our way through Southern Thailand with. The next evening was another overnight train to Surat Thani, the overnight train was on time which was a surprise to us all. We had breakfast in a local restaurant ...

Last Friday we set off on a hilltribe trek tour, this started by a going on an overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, this was an experience - there was chairs which folded into bunkbeds for the nights. It was not that comfy to sleep on but I would never imagine a train to be. We train left Bangkok an hour late and arrived in Chiang Mai 5 hours late - I don't really know what happened to the other 4 hours. We arrived at the hotel in Chiang Mai and went to ...

Hi Guys, I have been in Thailand for over a week now and feels like longer - we haven't stopped - have done so many things. Arrived in Bangkok early Monday morning, flights were all ok and on time which was a good start, so decided to go to the hotel and check-in.When that was completed went out to explore the surrounding area so could get an idea on where we were staying.We got a tuk tuk around the city, we saw City Pier Shrine, English Nations buildings, Ph...