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The taxi ride?? PHEW!!!! We had booked the taxi bus for 8am, at 8.15 Andy asks when it's coming the response to this was 'later'. Andy: 'when later?', 'later'. Luckily, for them, it turned up a few minutes later and we still had half a bus to pick up. We had heard about bad drivers throughout Asia and how they put their faith in Buddha, but this ride took the micky! The driver even went to the shop, but to disguise this he shouts 'airport', but there was obviously no one waiting and we were already late! So after a hair raising drive through the hectic streets of Bangkok (melissa was saying her prayers) we arrived safe and sound at the airport, still shaking, for our penultimate flight to Hong Kong. The flight took just under ... read more

So what did we do on this beautiful island? Not much is the answer. Our days consisted of lying on the soft white sand everyday, sometimes having lunch. Going back to our room to get ready for the evening and then going out for dinner, playing cards and watching the movies in the restaurants. We topped up our tans for our arrival back to sunny England. The island was quite stunning, white sand, warm water and we were lucky enough to have some truly great weather. On the island there was a mixture of backpackers, local and international holiday makers and quite a lot of pretty Thai women with big fat western men!!!! Its so crazy to see. Oh and there was also quite a large number of chick boys, probably more chick than boy as ... read more

We got picked up this morning for our trip to the elephant conservation centre which is way outside of town. The centre is run by a lady Thai called Lek, apparently she has been voted one of the most influencial woman in Thailand by some voting poll or other. It sounds like she has been rescuing elephants from abusive situations since forever. We found out that there are now 30 elephants at the park after 1 died of old age last night. The atmosphere at the centre was quite subdued and not just with the humans. The dead elephants long term friend was calling out and pining for her old elephant friend, it was really sad to see, apperently she had stayed at her side for weeks right up to the last few moments before she ... read more

Sorry guys, we took so many we thought we should put some on another blog. Hope you like them.... read more

AYUTHAYA. Where is it? 3 hours north of Bangkok. What did we do in Bangkok? Let me tell you. We had a nice dip in our rooftop pool, after switching to a cheaper room. This hotel, THE RAMBUTTRI VILLAGE INN, the staff are SO RUDE and I, Andy told the woman so, shame she didn't understand me!! We got a ferry down the river, which we had done before and is a nice way to get to the bottom of the city, then got the skytrain to Siam square, a shoppers paradise. We had a walk around the markets, where I think I just escaped being robbed?? As Melissa was unhappily haggling for a couple of genuine fake sports vests, I stood to one side on a raised step. I Immediatley thought I was in a ... read more