Time to head north – and to leave Malaysia for Thailand. After spending so long in other countries – 3 months in Oz, a month in the States, C…
In the morning, after a Thai Railways breakfast ("Oh, don't those fried eggs look soo attractive wrapped in clingfilm?") we watched the Tha…
The Khao San Road in Bangkok is synonymous with "backpacker". It has been the historical backpacker haunt in the city since the early 70's, a…
Getting around Bangkok is a bit of a nightmare – in the non-air-conditioned buses you can sit for hours in a traffic jam with no breeze, breat…
Bangkok's roads may be choked with traffic and moving at a snail's pace, but at least the river provides an alternative way to get around. As…
We woke up on the train in a different landscape to that we'd left behind in Bangkok – everything looked a lot drier, as the dry season is in…
It seems like ages ago that we arrived in Laos, but in reality it was only 11 days ago. But now we need to leave - our visa only lasts for a f…
Streets in Thailand strike us as completely chaotic, just a mess of vehicles with motorbikes darting in and out constantly. It makes crossing…
We hired a car and travelled out to the Mai Sai village to visit the Elephant Training camp there (turned out to be cheaper to do that than…
We left Chiang Mai on the overnight Special Express train, which leaves at 5 o'clock in the evening, and gets you back into Bangkok at 6 o'clo…
Today was a BIG day – the day we were meeting our director, who will spend the next week filming us around and about Bangkok for the Holiday p…
Hmm. Here's a challenge for you – make a factual programme about a family visiting the Bangkok City Palace, without being allowed to film i…
On our second day of filming, we didn't have much packed down on the agenda, but the traffic in Bangkok makes it so difficult to get around -…
Today started really early, as we all had to get up at 5:30, to catch a 6:15 taxi to the train station. We were due to catch the 7:45 trai…
Another day, another early start. We had to jump out of bed at 5:15, so that we were in a taxi at 6:15, racing across town to get to the BBC'…
We had a late start this morning, as the crew came to us for 10 o'clock! So we had time to sit down to breakfast, and read the paper. The Bang…
Well, we can't say that we weren't warned - we did know that the overland trip from Bangkok to Siem Reap would be terrible. But we also knew w…
After our journey to Cambodia - 16 hours of slow-moving misery - we thought we'd try and make the journey back to Bangkok easier. Although the…
After a day of 'hanging around' the pool at the guest house, we took another sleeper train down to Surat Thani, in southern Thailand. Our desi…
Our arrival in Samui was fairly easy - the bus and boat connection was dead easy - but once we were on the island, we were in the hands of the…
Fortunately for us, the guest house seemed better when we woke up. After a filling breakfast, we cast a critical eye over it, and tried to see…
Peter and Caroline's flight arrived in Koh Samui at 10pm last night, after leaving England the evening before, and having a short stopover in…
Life's getting better. The children all love the guest house, especially the pool slap bang in the middle of the decking. It's great for us t…
It's tough, but somebody's got to do it. After all, somebody gets up early to put those beach umbrellas and deck chairs there - it would be t…
Apart from Christmas, this is the longest we've stayed in one place since we started travelling - and we've got another 10 days to go! Its gl…
For a few days we've hired a couple of jeeps to explore the island. Yesterday we drove up the hills in the middle of the island - despite the…
Sightseeing around Koh Samui isn't all elephants, jungle and beach. There's only one main road which goes right around the island, and all of…
Just across the bay from Mae Nam beach lies the island of Koh Pha-Ngan. It is a quieter island than Koh Samui - less developed, less roads and…
Waking up on the beach is quite a wonderful experience - as long as it's not literally on the beach (well, even that would have been great w…
Thailand doesn't run it's calendar in the same way that we do in Europe. For a start, today is New Years Day, called Songkran - I'll explain a…
Well, all good things come to an end, and that includes our fortnight of R&R on Koh Samui. After two weeks of beach and sunshine, its now time…
What a tough way to spend a Friday! In the morning we swam in the pool, then after lunch we walked to Tham Phra Nang beach, one of the three…
Krabi province is basically a coastal bay, filled with 200 tiny islands. Although some of these, like Koh Phi-Phi are big enough to have acco…
After just two days on Rai Leh, we decided to move on to Koh Lanta, an island with another beautiful beach, two hours south by boat. Luckily,…
After we'd been travelling a while, days of the week started to become the same. At home, we'd all looked forward to the weekends, and equall…
Koh Lanta is an island down towards the south of Thailand, on the west coast. Standing on the beach, you can see the silhouette of Koh Phi-Ph…
Koh Lanta is such a relaxing place, that for a moment it is possible to forget that you're in Asia - one of the world's most hectic places! I…
All good things come to an end, and so does our Thailand visa. We're heading north now, back to Bangkok, where we're going to head off to Camb…
Well, last time we went from Bangkok to Siem Reap, we bought a ticket right through from a Khao San Road travel agent. And while it did get us all the way, it…
