So, we are heading off to Ayutthaya, this is the old capital of Siam, has lots of temples scattered all around the city, so looks like lots of walking ahead. Our trip up there is a little bit different than planned, we had bought ourselves a return ticket to Bangkok by local bus and then change buses there and go on from there to Ayutthaya but as I told you in the previous blog we had met up with a really nice family who offered us a seat in their pre booked minibus, oh I have their names now, its Steve, [View Full Entry]

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Ok, been a few days once again since I updated whats been going on,but as I said being on Koh Samet, there wasn't going to be much to write about. So as I left it we were going to get ourselves a bike and this we did, cost us 500 Baht, about 10 euro, which is quite expensive for Thai standards but we have to bear in mind that this is a national park island and things like this are going to be a bit more expensive. So, we set off, straight away we got an idea of how bad the [View Full Entry]

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Koh Samet, Ok, time to stop counting days, its depressing us watching the days clock on, so now its just location... So, as I said in my last blog its time for a bit of relaxation now, we got a taxi from our hotel just outside Baan Phe to the harbour in the town centre to catch the boat thats going to take us to the island of Koh Samet, its a National Park and there is not a lot there except sandy beaches so just the place for relaxation. We have read that its a place popular with the Thai's [View Full Entry]

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Day 10 n 11 - Dec 8/9 Today we leave Cambodia but our flight is not until late afternoon, so we spent most part of the day walking around, there is a Royal Palace here so while walking we think ah would be fun to take a rickshaw out to there, only cost us $2, so we hail one down, the poor man must have been well into his 60's, we both climb in, so funny and scary at the same time, we even had a race with another rickshaw driver, we were all laughing, got some good video footage of [View Full Entry]

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Day 8 n 9 Dec 6/7 We are now back in Phnom Penh which is the capital of Cambodia, as you know if you have been reading my previous blogs that this is where we first set off from, once again had an early start as left Siem Reap at 7am, so happy we took the VIP mini bus as it took us only 4hrs. We thought the bus would drop us off back at the hotel here but instead it was at their bus station and thankfully the owner of our hotel was there waiting for us to take us [View Full Entry]

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Day 6 - 7 Dec 5/6 2009 Sorry, once again its been a few days since I managed to catch up on our blog, not had a good internet connection here, anyway, when I left you last we were going to watch the sunrise at Angkor Wat the next day.. It was a very early day, 5am infact, we left the hotel exactly on time, our guide was there nice and early, very reliable guy. Today we have a car to take us around as we are going further outside the city and a tuk tuk would take too long. Arrive [View Full Entry]

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Day 5 - Angkor Wat Was nicely surprised today with the breakfast we get here at the hotel, a big baguette, scrambled or fried egg, jam and butter, very filling and would keep you going for a good few hours.. Our guide turned up on time, in fact he was early, today we organised to be taken around in a tuk tuk with him, his name is Darith Touch and I will say now, he was great, very obliging with our needs, stopped if you saw something you wanted to take a photo of and had a very good sense of [View Full Entry]

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Day 4 Sorry its been a few days since my last blog, been quite busy and just not had the time to sit down and write it, so when I left you last time we were to heading to Siem Reap the following day. It was an early start today, got up in plenty of time as didn't want to be late for out bus, we had booked the VIP mini van as was told it would take only 5 hours as opposed to 7 on the local bus and for $2 dollars extra that was worth it, The bus turned [View Full Entry]

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Day 3.... Got up early today, as had to check out from hotel by 11am, plus we had booked our ticket to the airport for 11am, want to try and check out the bus times to Rayong again so this will give us enough time as don't fly till 3.15pm. Had our first wander around 7-11 today, its the equivalent of a Spar store in the UK, has a bit of everything, plus, we love them.. We normally have a 7-11 run first thing in the morning, as you can get a good cup of coffee from there, but this time [View Full Entry]

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Day 2 - Bangkok. Didn't get around to catching up on our blog yesterday, so now sat in Bangkok airport waiting for our flight to Cambodia so seems a good thing to catch up on. We had one full day in Bangkok before starting our travels and today we had a mission, and that was to find the standing Buddha, Wat Intrawihan, we have been to Bangkok twice before and on both occasions tried to find this sight but failed. So today we set out in search of it map in hand, we knew it was within walking distance of where [View Full Entry]

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