hello boys and girls i hope u are all sitting comfortably ready for our next instalment..... Today after two days of doing nothing we decided that it was time to do something constructive...or at least attempt to! we went on a tour to Ream National Park which covers everything from the local island and beach areas and also lots of jungle, i'm not sure how much protection the place actually gets from having this title but it has been a national park for just over 10 years. we spent the day sailing down the river and briefly treking through the jungle. [View Full Entry]

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Your guna love this one guys! Left Trat this morning to cross over the border to Cambodia. Hostel was nice, hot shower godsend, although we got well and truely screwed the next morning when our hostel was supposed to get us over the border and onto the boat (there's only one a day). We waited for the bus which eventuallt arrived just late enough to miss our boat! Went through thousands of touts to finally get our visa's which took way too long!! Crossed over the border into Cambodia by taxi having realised that we'd missed the 8am boat. Our only [View Full Entry]

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today we have broken the record for the use of the strangest and most difficult forms of transport possible. our journey began this morning when it was tipping it down with rain on Koh Samet. Sporting my bright yellow rain mac and matching rucksack cover (u can imagine the looks i was getting!) we hopped abord a pick up truck, complete with benches to take us to the port. There have been several storms in the last fews days and Koh Samet is absent of roads, this made our ten minuet journey slightly manic as we were skidding down hills weaving [View Full Entry]

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Journey over to Ko Samet took 45 mins on boat although we had to wait with the fella's untill 20 people wanted to go.... For crying out loud!! Boarded another truck which took us to our resort Ao Phai, a small chilled out beach resort full of wodden bungalows. Made ourselves comfy but the bathroom still smells bad and looks even worse. Squat toilets ummmmm!! Spent the last few days chilling on the beach and swimming in the lovely warm sea. My (Frances) foot has finally gone back to something resembling its original form, although luke's not sure thats a good [View Full Entry]

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Well, we left Bangkok bound for Rayong on the eastern coast of thailand, this was to be a stopgap on our way through to the island of Ko Samet. Arriving in Rayong was a nice change from the smelly madness of Bangkok. Bus ticket cost all of about 1 pound 20 and included air-con, films, food and water. Not bad for a three hour journey!!! France and myself grabbed some sleep. Rayong is a sleepy fishing town but had a great market and a few shops. Cant really eat noodles again so opted for a stomach churning maccy d's instead. Im [View Full Entry]

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Well its the final day today. Tried to move room last night as air con keeps spitting water out at me!! Went to the room across the hall and opened the door only to find about 10 roaches all over the bed. No thanks!!!! ..... Straight back into the original room as no others were available. Been wandering around town today finishing a few places that we havent seen yet. Went back to the night market and picked up some great bargain clothes, dirt cheap. Haggling with the shopkeepers is interesting but managed to sort it.. So now i will be [View Full Entry]

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Today luke took me to a prison. - an aminal prison that is. Bangkok zoo is home to several hundred distressed animals of various sizes - the smallest having the largest cages. the poor elephants were so distressed they were rocking from side to side. (the zoo also has a bomb shelter which was built during ww2 to look after the monarchy) ( oh yeah the king lives right near our hostel) anyway after walking through most of the zoo with my eyes closed i dragged luke away from the emu ( picture coming shortly) and we jumped in a cab [View Full Entry]

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Well today we set about trying to explore the city and do everything we could! Feelin a bit shatterd, we walked down the road trying to find the river taxi to get into town. After a tuc tuc driver tried to con us by saying he had special promotions on, we wandered on and bumped into a Portuguese chick( Hi Christima) who looked as lost as we were and tagged along for the riverboat adventure. Finally found the boat where there were loads of massive cat-fish waiting to be fed. Got into the city and exploring some of the temples that [View Full Entry]

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Wow Bangkok! After a pretty uneventful flight (the women in front insisted on having their chairs right back so luke had his lgs by his ears!) we arrived at Bangkok airport at about 7pm. I phoned the youth hostel who luckily said they had some rooms and after protests from luke i decided that instead of getting a cab straight to our hostel it was a great idea to get a train into central Bangkok!!!! after an hourwait on the platform and no sign of any other non-thais we got on the correct train, sat amongst the bugs in 3rd class [View Full Entry]

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Hey guys, Well its the final day in Dubai. Its been quite a week. Really sad to leave the place as it is just so modern but has that eastern mystery about it too. We will probably take the Abra accross the creek again today and visit the Dubai Museum. Have made some Iranian friends and met them almost every night on the way home. Cannot speak a word of English but they know a good handshake and a smile. Seem to be blagging food off them too which always helps!! Better go now. Will next be seeing you in Bangkok, [View Full Entry]

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