The Diary

The trip as it happened, written day by day from the road in 2013.

  • Made it to Chiang Mai!

    After 26 hours solid travelling I’ve made it to Chiang Mai! 3 hours boat 6 hours bus 11 hours bus. Very little sleep but be happy…

  • Heading North

    After some deliberation I’ve decided to make the epic journey north to Chiang Mai. I’ll be catching the ferry from Ko Tao at 2pm tomorrow and…

  • Beach huts

    After a couple of nights in a very nice & well set up beach hut, we decided to move to a quieter part of the Island…

  • Island life is tough

    This is the amazing island of Ko Tao. Here is a view from my chair…  

  • Day of contrasts

    3rd class Thai train to tropical paradise. Beach hut is 300 baht per night (£6). Crazy day of contrasts and 13 hours travelling with very little…

  • Heading South

    Currently sat on the train from Bangkok to Hua Hin (it doesn’t have wifi, I’m writing offline to kill some time), stopping there for one night…

  • Day 1

  • Arrived

  • Preparation and Planning

    So far the known variables of my trip are: Flights booked (29th Oct – 27th Dec) Manchester – Bangkok First 2 days accommodation booked in Bangkok…

  • Great news

    I finally managed to get our other camera back connected up,  and there are hundreds more pics. Wahoo. Many of these alternative pictures were taken when…