Monday, 10 Sep 2007 | Views [360] | Comments [1]
Actually had a good nights sleep against all expectations and felt a bit more positive about life in general. Thank the lord for expedia.com. Booked a very nice hotel by the beach in Kamala for a very very nice price. The staff at the hostel were very ... Read more >
Tags: Culture
Monday, 10 Sep 2007 | Views [402]
After a hair raising taxi ride by a bloke who prob used to be a tuk tuk driver in Bangkok we finally arrived at Phuket International Youth Hostel. The road wasnt the only place that had skid marks!!! Lonely planet claims that the hostel is cockroach ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Friday, 7 Sep 2007 | Views [381]
Had a really good time last night in Tropical Murphys. There was a live band playing that were brilliant. The place was full of people from loads of different countries. Met up with the irish boys we were drinking with on Wed night- turns out they are ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Thursday, 6 Sep 2007 | Views [554]
Checked out of our prison cell at the youth hostel and made our way to Bangkok airport. Louise got searched again at security - what a surprise! Bangkok airways have a really cool lounge where you sit and wait for flights and get free food and drink ... Read more >
Tags: Beaches & sunshine
Wednesday, 5 Sep 2007 | Views [407]
Checked out of our mansion hotel room and then sampled our first Starbucks of the trip. Spent a stressful half hour in an internet cafe trying to find hostel accommodation on Khao San Rd, and eventually gave up and booked a YHA in another part of town.... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Wednesday, 5 Sep 2007 | Views [438]
Forgot to mention yesterday that we saw the king of Thailand in a motorcade going through Bangkok, and also McDonalds do cheesy chips out here. Not quite as good as the ones from kebab point in hemel old town though! Also seen 2 jumping cockroaches and ... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Monday, 3 Sep 2007 | Views [438] | Comments [4]
Just a quick note cos we are scamming the hotel with free internet time! Arrived at airport after an 11 hour flight which was delayed for 2 hours at Heathrow. Also got pulled at security at Heathrow for a full body xray which was quite amusing. Aparently ... Read more >
Tags: Scams & Robberies
