29-30/10/08 Most of the 29th was spent in an internet cafe (offering free internet) above the place from which we bought our tickets to Koh Tao, waiting with all our bags for the coach which was due to leave at 6 pm. We had lunch at a nearby Middle Eastern cafe, and some early dinner at the travel agent cafe downstairs from the internet room. The journey down went alright, though I didn't manage to get any sleep. We arrived at Chumporn at 2.30 am, and had to wait...

24-28/10/08 These days were taken up with wandering around, shopping for presents and posting them, working out where we were going to next, and once we had chosen Koh Tao (to meet up with Dave's friend Mark, who was on holiday there), buying our bus/ferry tickets to there. We did go out to the area of Patpong on the evening of the 27th - quite an 'interesting' experience! We had a look round the Night Market, which was similar to the one on Khaosan Road but with...

11/10/08 Our flight from Calcutta to Bangkok was uneventful. At the airport in Bangkok we asked the private taxi firm how much it would cost to get to our area and they said 1000 baht (about 20 pounds); we went to an express bus stand nearby and got tickets for only 150 baht! Good value, considering the length of the journey was about 45 minutes. Our budget hotel is in a sidestreet off Khaosan Road, which is a lot like Camden Market in atmosphere, only with a Tha...