Andy's Blog - Gone Further

Ko Phangan, 28 September – 6 October.
Getting here was simple enough, just an hour or so on the boat from Ko Tao.  We were genuinely worried about accommodation for the first time since we started the trip – this was the week building up to the Full Moon Party (FMP) and it gets busy here [...]

Phase two of our ten week trip.  We’re now done with the Southeast Asian cities and have covered thousands of miles over the last seven weeks.  ‘Phase Two’ is all about suncream and shorts and what better place than the three islands of Ko Samui, Ko Tao and Ko Phangan in Thailand to do this; [...]

Our last major trip was six weeks long, it seems appropriate to let you know how we’re getting on.

Last time, we attempted to whiz around the world in six weeks. We did this but felt, especially in Thailand, that we missed a trick. So, here we are, six weeks in, and we have [...]

We took a real touristy day out, we’re in Asia – home to some brilliant animals and the opportunity to see them close up was too good to turn down.
We looked at a few packages on offer and opted for a one day trek. It was a shock to the system having to be [...]

15 September – 19 September
Chiang Mai was another of the ‘must visit’ cities on the itinerary; it’s another place where people wax lyrical about and many say it’s their favourite place in Thailand.  As ever, we were not 100% sure what to expect, I suppose I thought we’d get a mini-Bangkok but it really isn’t [...]

After a week in Singapore & KL with their hefty taxes on alcohol we were looking forward to having a bit of a blow out in filthy-cheap Bangkok where a bucket of strong cocktail will set you back about three pounds whereas pint in KL was about the same price. Our plans were scuppered [...]

My first post on this South East Asia trip comes to you from the most ‘un S.E. Aisian’ city of the lot. We didn’t really know what to expect from this place but I was hell bent on coming here guided in no small way by the opportunity to fly on the Airbus A380, [...]

So many people say that half the fun in going away is in the planning. I’ve never agreed, sure it’s fun to flick through brochures and pick out your hotel for your two week break but if that’s only half the fun you have then maybe you should have picked a different holiday!
This time, [...]

Continuing to post my favourite photographs I have taken since I started this blog. This week we’ll go for Railay Beach in Krabi – the limestone cliffs jutting out of the sea and the longtail boats make this area of the the world very recognisable.

My blog on Krabi, including link to the map is [...]

When we were landing in Krabi we did what everybody always does (normal people anyway, not the ‘too cool for school’ brigade who like to pretend not to be bothered and keep reading their book) and looked out the window to see what it was like. You can’t see much, it’s usually a bit cloudy [...]