Hellllllllooooooooooo - it's been a while so thought we'd take today out to do a big update (no new pics yet but Mark is on that and hopefully should have some more up soon - must say Mark has taken some pretty spectacular ones - i've just taken some!). Anywho - hope everyone is well and as always thank you for the messages and emails it really is lovely to receive them and hear from you - apologies though for the sometimes delay in coming back to you it's surpr...

Hello all. Finally I've decided to join in the blogging (Mark here by the way)! Firstly thanks for the lovely messages. It's great to hear from you all. So - what happened after leaving Bangkok? "NO - I DO NOT WANT A SUIT"!!! Yes, that place is not really for us - we didn't much enjoy being looked at as walking ATMs! It seems a little less of an issue now we've headed North but the sense is still there. All in all Bangkok is an experience worth having...

Hullo - So Bangkok .......... an interesting place which i've still not made my mind up about (Mark will have to let you know) so will save full comment until we return in a couple of months, but for the meantime we are leaving Bangkok tomorrow and heading North, first stop Ayutthaya for a couple of days then jump on the train again for a day in Lop Buri (monkey city) then get an overnight train up to Chaing Mai arriving on the morning of the 9th where we spend 2...

Hullo - So Bangkok .......... an interesting place which i've still not made my mind up about (Mark will have to let you know) so will save full comment until we return in a couple of months, but for the meantime we are leaving Bangkok tomorrow and heading North, first stop Ayutthaya for a couple of days then jump on the train again for a day in Lop Buri (monkey city) then get an overnight train up to Chaing Mai arriving on the morning of the 9th where we spend 2...

Hello - we made it and are currently out and about near Khao San Road - my hair is getting frizzier by the minute (this is Zoe and not Mark by the way) and wait for it ........ i'm WARM!!!!!!! Trip over was fine, EVA airways are lovely and totally recommend them. We celebrated NYE by, after everyone being previously told to close the window shutters, then at midnight over Slovenia being told to open the shutters and seeing thousands upon thousands of miniture fi...