Koh Phi Phi, the little smudge of an island made famous by the film The Beach (the one where there’s a beach and Leonardo DiCaprio is cute as hell) sits in the Andaman sea next to Phuket and is where...
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Phuket, Patong Beach – Ping pong and Christmas abroad
Okay so I’m not proud of it but I am one of I’m sure very few people able to claim, not one but two, visits to the infamous ping pong shows. I know once is more than enough and shameful...
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Koh Samui – viewpionts, booze and wanky Australians
And on to Koh Phangan's more commercial and therefore generally more expensive sister island, Koh Samui. We couldn't afford anywhere as central here so stayed in a complex of huts up on a hill just outside of Cheweng Beach. Not...
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Seshing in Koh Phangan
It was time for the party part of the trip, which being the organised person I am, had been carefully planned and scheduled into the itinerary. Time dedicated to doing nothing. No tourism and 'cultural experiences' just pure sesh time....
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Khao Sok National Park and Cheow Lan Lake
In the midst of what can safely be described as one of the worst hangovers I've ever had, we made our way to Bangkok train station to board the overnight train to Surat Thani in the South. By this point...
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Temples and Buckets
The rest of our time in Bangkok was a hazy hot blur of temples and buckets. I don’t completely agree with the statement ‘once you’ve seen one you’ve seen them all’ when it comes to temples but there are definitely...
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Culture shock in Bangkok – touts, sweaty oranges and fish balls
Like the good travellers we were, we'd sought out the ultimate backpacker area in Bangkok. We thought we'd ease ourselves in to this travelling malarkey with hotels, so fresh out the taxi we went to go and find ours somewhere...
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Journey to Bangkok – dustiness, feet and traffic
So it was December 2013 (god that seems a long time ago). Me and my travel buddy Tom were ready to begin our journey and embark on our first great travelling adventure. We had no idea when we'd come back....