At about 6am in the morning, the nice, relaxed bus journey came to an abrupt stop and everything went mad. The following happened in the space of 1 minute: The lights came on on the bus A Thai woman came upstairs shouting "Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Koh Phi Phi, Pengang etc..." We rushed off the bus, gathering all our stuff. Picked up our backpacks which had been dumped on the pavement. Noticed Ad sitting in a Tuk Tuk, thinking he was on his way to ...

We woke up early and had a walk around the city. We got a nice European continental breakfast before going to the big river. Then, on the way to the Grand Palace, we caught a Tuk Tuk and had our our own personal chauffer for a few hours for 40 Baht (70p). We visited some of the beautiful Buddhist temples and went to a travel agent today to sort out the next couple of weeks of our trip. Later that evening, we took an overnight bus South to Koh Phangan for the Fu...

We flew into Bangkok this afternoon and took a taxi to Koah Sam road - a place full of backpackers and hostels. We stayed in the 4 Sons hotel (full of Israelis!) and checked in. Later in the evening we had a stroll up Koah Sam road and grabbed a drink. There were hundreds of people in the street trying to sell us things, including a tiny 8-year old girl who cajoled me into having a thumb war with her. I lost, and had to buy a rose. We got back to the hotel, and t...