Here we are then in Chumphon on the east cost of Thailand, after a great 3 nights in Bangkok! When we arrived in Bangkok we headed straight to the same hostel Clare has stayed in 3 years ago - which was nice as it meant we knew kind of where we were headed…but by this point we were walking zombies after our long flight from Dubai via Sri Lanka. After crashing out for few hours we headed to the main backpacker area called Khao San Rd, which is full of amazing...

We have just arrived in Bangkok, Thailand (which is manic) after spending four days in Dubai. Dubai was extremely hot (so hot the camera wouldn't work at one point) and we have a tan to take with us already. It took us awhile to get our bearings as we are a little way out of the main city of Dubai in an area called Bur Dubai. The hotel was lovely (probably the best we'll see for awhile). We spent a lot of our time lazing by the pool as we had planned to do. ...