We arrived at 2 Rock Bungalows in Ban Tai (as recommened by Nadia) to greeted by more lovely white sand and clear blue sea. The staff (Chang and Aye) were lovely & kept us company while we waited for Surf to show up! We also bumped into a couple of guys we'd met in Luang Pra Bang so it was nice seeing them and catching up on thier adventures! When Surf arrived it was a brief reunion before making our way to meet Leah and Jamie who we'd been diving with. The taxi however decided to drive straight past thier GH and so we ended up on the beach for a couple of bevvys just us 3. We decided to hit the 'Jungle Party' which was wicked and we were covered in UV paint within minutes! ... read more

The first night in Hua Hin we stayed in Memory GH and it had the smallest, most uncomfortable bed so far! We arrived fairly late and went straight out for dinner on the pier. I had mussels for the first time and Crab and loved it! Early the next morning (5am) we were up and organising how to get to Jordans fishing trip. Eventually we were picked up by a man called David Wilson (who's brother is apparently a hit in the angling world) and driven to GreenField Valley Fishing Resort. 5mins after arriving Jordan was hooking into his first catch of the day - a Amazon Redtailed Catfish. Throughout the day Jordan caught: Redtail Catfish X6 Baramundi X1 Walking Catfish X1 Pacu X6 Siamese Carp X6 See Photos! HOWEVER... he did not catch the fish ... read more

We stayed near the MBK shopping mall this time and skipped straight to the huge cinema to watch the new Batman film. We got the Skytrain to Patpong - just average night market but in the seedier part of town. After departing with a few pennies in the market we spent a few mor ein a bar listening to a brilliant band. They performed an amazing rendition of Bohemian Rapsody. We met an Australian didgeridoo (?) player who had met Prince Charles after playing the instrument for him! After this we did the unspeakable and went to a pingpong show! Surrounded by bikini clad girls in seconds, we watched the show then hastily got ourselves out of there!!! The next day I stormed the supermarkets in the hunt for some cheese and was not let down. ... read more

We arrived in Ubon after crossing the border back into Thailand by foot giving us 15days on a new visa. We managed to stock up on some essentials like allergy pills and travel adaptors. It was nice to be back in a Thai city and be the the only westerners around. Ubon is famous for its died cotton and there were little handicraft shops everywhere. We only stopped one night and there was a huge cockroach in our room that had me running around like a mad person. We left for Surin the next day. Thinking we would be able to find out some more about the elephant study centre we'd read about we wandered around Surin for ages and noone could help us. After a night here we just caught the bus 58km north to ... read more

We travelled to Thakek via Vientiane, Loas's Captial. We only stayed there one night which we spent with Troy, a guy we'd met in Vang Vieng but there wasn't much to see so moved straight on. We travelled '1st Class' to Thakek on a bright pink bus that smelt a little bit like mould and had leaky aircon. When we arrived we went straight to the recommended Thakek Travel Lodge alongside pretty much everyone else on the bus. We walked round the small town that night looking for somewhere too eat but gave up after a good 2km walk and ate back at the lodge in the end, it was not at all touristy there. We stayed up that night chatting to an older Aussie couple exchanging stories. The next day we just wandered through town ... read more