Backpacking

Well well well......... sorry we haven't blogged for so long its all been go go go!!!! Koh Panggan is really really nice..... we stayed at a really really nice place...... it was called Weangthai....... the room was nice and it was managed by this northener guy who was hilarious!! The place had a swimming pool by the beach which was awesome!! It had a bar in the swimming pool aswell with bar stools in the water.... it was brilliant.... you could just swim up and get a drink!! the first day we were there we hired a buke and decided to go for a ride up the island and back..... BIG mistake!! The way there was really nice we stopped of at a waterfall which was liierally and dribble of water.... not impressed!! the views were really nice!!! On the way back we took an alternate route which is where we went wrong! The road had huge hills that were soooooo steep!! It was pretty scary cos once you've gone up....... you've gotta go back down!! At one point we were going up one of the steeper hills and the bike really didn't like it so i wacked it in to 1st gear.... which is probably the worst thing i could have done! The bike did a huge wheely (adam.... you'd have been well impressed!!) The only reason we didn't go right over is because Ben was clever enough to lean forward rather than backwards..... unlike me!! After that Ben refused to get back on the bike.... But he came round after walking a few miles... ;-) It was a pretty scary day.... hilarious tho... looking back ;-) After that we took the bike straight back and went to have a nice Thai Massage to calm our nerves! We also went to a bar called Jumunji which was awesome...... it had swings and big cushions everywhere it was a really nice place to..... as Ben would say..... 'chill out' ;-) They also had a cinema next door called The Livin' Room which was even better.....1, It had air con and 2, there were comfy sofas and big cushions everywhere!!! Next to your seat there was a phone and a menu you and you could ring up and order your food and drink!! We were the only people there so we got to watch whatever we wanted!! It was a really good night!! Koh Phangan was really nice but its more of a party island!! Also the weaters really bad.... it just rains all the time!! We decided to go to Koh Phi Phi which is an island on the other side of Thailand!!!

Well now bens had his 5 minutews of fame its back to me...... What Ben doesn't know is that his lovely relaxing Thai massage was done by a Ladie Boy!!! The huge...
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adams apple sort of gave it away ;-)

Anyway on the train here we thought we'd try some street food...... people get on at every stop selling various thing!! Ben brought some BBQ chicken on a stick and got a bit more than he bargained for...... He got the heart and liver aswell (you'd have liked it Grandad) Kanchanaburi's really nice..... quite small and chilled out! Famous for the bridge if any of you know 'The Bridge Over The River Kwai' film about the death railway from WWII! We're gonna go to the Erawan waterfall tommorrow which shold be really nice.... we'll let you know what it like!!!!! Speak soon :-)

We're in a lovely little town three hours west of Bangkok... (I'm looking at the wall above me, and there are some awesome pics of the bridge over the river kwai - thought you might like that plunker! We're going to take a really cool one and give it to you to add to your collection!)

We're staying at Sam's Riverside Guest House, on the river kwai, not quite as 5 star as we stayed in for the last few nights in Bangkok, but still very romantic!

We've just had an amazing meal in Apple's Guest House - this place is so popular that we can't get a room there until next week!

Sadie keeps trying to tell me what to write - what's new, Sadie telling me what to do??! No, not her! ;-) She'll be blogging in a mo!

Had an excellent Thai massage yesterday, really chilled me, just what the doctor ordered!

Just been chillin out for the last few days, jet lag not really affected me, luckily! Saw some sights, Grand Palace (where the jade green buddah lives), Wat Po (where the biggest, laziest buddah lives (it's reclining on one side with his hand under his head)), went to the biggest shopping centre in Asia, saw a film! Nearly in an accident in a tuktuk, and no Sadie wasn't driving!! Nearly went to see a ping pong show, but had to tell Sadie it wasn't table tennis!! ;-)

Going to do lots in Kanchanaburi in the next few days... I'll blog later!

Thanks for reading, Sadie's up next!

Missing you all loads, but definately not Hastings or England!

Chau!

Big Ben Omondi

PS - Sadie has just done a spelling and grammer check - that's rich seeing as her blogs are hardly A* material!!! ;-)

Ben arrived on Sunday..... 2 hours late!!!! We've just been seeing the sights in Bangkok and planning our next 3 weeks! Tommorrow we're going somewhere called Kanchanaburi..... sounds pretty nice its got a huge waterfall and alot of history with WWII! Then we're going to get an overnight train to the island and do some swimming and diving!!! How exciting!! We can't wait!!!! Anyway thats about it for now...... hope your all well!

Blog soon!!!!! ;-)

Got the bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh.... it took about 5 hours and the road was pretrty good. I wa the only westener on the bus so i was a bit of celebrity..... they were smiling at me then whispering.... it was really funny! At the half way point we stopped and they all brought real cambodin food!The lady next to me on the bus had bought some fried crickets..... i heard about them and when she offered one i thought it would be rude not to try it..... it was actually really good.... very crunchy11 I also tryed some mange that had been marinated is spices and chilli..... that was pretty good too!!!! They also so had a cambodian comedy shopw on the TV which they all found highly amusing!!!