Well I have now done my 17 day tour from Bangkok to Singapore. One our first day we headed to floating markets then travelled to the River Kwai, I was amazed to realise that the bridge still gets used and as we were all walking along the train tracks a train was coming our way! We then headed to the River Kwai museum and was really interesting and sad to read about the Prisioners of War. We also got to visit the cemetry of all the young lives that were lost. That...

Well after leaving Bangkok we headed to Hau Hin, it took 3 hours on the bus. Its quite a small place with loads of bars, guest houses, Hilton and Sofitel Hotels, lots of massage places and loads of markets. Its a very popular place for the Thais to come and holiday here. Everywhere you go there are family run stalls of food, tuk tuks (the little taxis) and lots of smiling faces! The beach is lovely and so far the weather has be really really hot, until this after...

Well we arrived into Bangkok and got the bus to Kho San Road (main backpacking area!) It was quite difficult considering all the road signs are in Thai, funny eh! But we managed to get a room in a hostel, D&D Inn, which is really nice. I cannot get over how busy and loud it is in Bangkok, not to mention smelly! We went out for a look around last night after dumping our bags. So many people on the streets shouting, speaking and not to mention the smelly of all ...