So, the champagne backpacker decided to sack off the 14 hour bus journey to Bangkok and flew in to meet Paul Milligan, a friend of a friend who was coming for two weeks and wanted to come trekking in Chiang Mai with me. So I booked us on a tour leaving in 2 days - just enough time to finish looking round the places I missed in Bangkok last time round and take in a show which takes you through the ages of Thailand and has floating markets on stage and it actually...

Oh my god, Ko Phi Phi is the most amazing tiny little island ever! (Becks soz, I know you will be soooo jealous!) It has no roads, just paved pathways between two beaches which are on opposite sides of the Island about 150m apart. Other than these two sweeping white sand beaches (which get a little packed with day trippers from other shores) are lush green mountains, with the stick on trees again, and what is starting to become a hopping nightlife of bars and res...

Our last night in Samui brought Mr Brandon block and it being Becky and mine's last night together we decided to have a big one. We thought it would also help with the grueling journeys we both faced the next morning at 7.30. A late night would ensure that we were able to sleep on the bus trains and planes we faced for the next 16 hours; me to Krabi and Becky back home. It certainly delivered as I only have a small recollection of being on the boat the next mor...

From Ko Pha Ngan we caught a boat over to the next Island Ko Samui which is slightly bigger than Ko Pha Ngan. (20k long) The following 5 days consisted of lots of sunbathing and checking out the nightlife on Chaweng which was the busist part of the Island - too busy really like a Thai blackpool - it was sooo geared up for tourists along this part of coastal road with shops and stalls and a lot of the bars containing a pool table with about 3-6 thai women (I don't...

Ok well the last day in Bangkok we finaly gotto go and see the grand palace and temple with the reclining budda. we hired a guide who was able to give us the low down on buddhism and what all the different temples, pagoda's, buddas mean. It was quite enlightening especially when he told us there was a monk who could read our astrology charts and palms. Well we jusmped at the chance and went and sat down. Being born on a tuesday means I am a reclining budda which ...