Day 167: today we had a very early start. We were picked up from our hotel at 6am by bus then taken to the ferry terminal to catch the 7am boat to koh tao. The crossing wasn't great, it was rough and mixed with the bad smell of petrol everyone was feeling the effects. After 2 hours we reached koh Tao. After checking into our hotel, we headed straight for the beach! In the evening we had some cheap street food and a couple of drinks in a bar. day 168: today we di...

Day 164: we arrived in Bangkok at 07:00 and made our way to our hostel. We are only staying in Bangkok for one night before heading south, so we didn't have time to do much so we just had some food and went to the cinema and watched les miserables. Day 165 - 166: this morning we caught the train to Chumpon. This journey only took six hours and we arrived in champhon by mid afternoon. There isn't a lot to do in champion, people mainly visit this town just to get...

Day 157 - 159: after a few hectic days in Bangkok and that long train we took a few days in Chang mai to just chill. We spent our time walking around the city, eating good food and window shopping at the night market. We also hired a tuk tuk one afternoon to take us up to the phi ping palace and flower gardens where the king resides when he visits northern Thailand. We also visited the wat phrathat doi suthep temple on the way back down. We also took some time to...

Day 152: today we flew to Bangkok. Tatiana and Lino gave us a lift to the airport. Hopefully one day we will be able to repay them for there generosity! We arrived in Bangkok by late evening and by the time we arrived at our hostel we were ready for bed! Day 153: today we got our bearings and just explores the surroundings and took the sky train into the main shopping district of Bangkok and we spent most of the afternoon in a huge shopping centre, with over 500...