Well thats it.......

[speed_monkey]

Flights are booked and payed for, flying out to Bangkok on the 15th October and don't return to Blighty till the 9th March 2010

Woohoo!

I can't wait.

The GF and I have sat down with maps of Thailand, Malaysia etc etc and planned out a general route, but that may change. Who knows!

I am so excited, handed in my notice today and my contract terminates on the 9th October.

Any... as you were

[Nolar Dog]

Have a great time!

[speed_monkey]

Thanks hun, can't wait

[Austin.J]

Not jealous at all, i have a whole 2 weeks off in october and i have the privalidge of being skint.

Have a cracking time.

[speed_monkey]

for me this whole trip cannot be summed up by one picture (but this one does a bloody good job!)....




Absolute bliss

[Johnniem]

A tad jealous I have to admit. It is my favorite place in the whole world. Have had some great holidays there with wifey and expect to take more soon. Went to The Racha (www.theracha.com) for my last two weeker with nights in the Millenium in Phuket and Bangkok. Go to the Racha for a night or two, it is heavenly!!

Have a great time guys! Sawasdee khup!

[speed_monkey]

Johnniem said:

A tad jealous I have to admit. It is my favorite place in the whole world. Have had some great holidays there with wifey and expect to take more soon. Went to The Racha (www.theracha.com) for my last two weeker with nights in the Millenium in Phuket and Bangkok. Go to the Racha for a night or two, it is heavenly!!

Have a great time guys! Sawasdee khup!

We are only staying in "budget" accomodation (read bungalow on the beach front that cost £4- £8 a night)

And just bumming around (i say!!!) and going where the wind takes us

[gavin877]

make sure to get a lady boy

[speed_monkey]

gavin877 said:

make sure to get a lady boy

Not sure how my GF (who I am going with) will feel about that one! lol

[GTIR]

You're going to Thialand with your GF?

Oh well, enjoy it all the same and watch out for dodgy shrooms and paranoid inducing whiskey, robbing tourists, fake cops, currupt cops, bad drving, and mossys!

No really, its a wicked place but avoid the tourists areas, Koh Samui islands, Koa san Road, Pattaya. Koh Pii Pii is still nice I hear.

[Johnniem]

speed_monkey said:

Johnniem said:

A tad jealous I have to admit. It is my favorite place in the whole world. Have had some great holidays there with wifey and expect to take more soon. Went to The Racha (www.theracha.com) for my last two weeker with nights in the Millenium in Phuket and Bangkok. Go to the Racha for a night or two, it is heavenly!!

Have a great time guys! Sawasdee khup!

We are only staying in "budget" accomodation (read bungalow on the beach front that cost £4- £8 a night)

And just bumming around (i say!!!) and going where the wind takes us

Well although The Racha is not 'budget' in any language there are still some amazing places to do 'budget'. Considered Koh Tao (adjacent to Koh Phang Gan and a boat trip of about two hours from Samui? Alternatively Krabi and Phi Phi are topographically amazing and a trip to Bamboo island is a must. Enjoy, whatever you do and fill your boots with bowls of Tom Yam Goong for thrumpence a bowl!

[v15ben]

Glad I could be of assistance Ian!
Bloody jealous of your plans too - I'm tempted to do the same thing

[WorAl]

speed_monkey said:

gavin877 said:

make sure to get a lady boy

Not sure how my GF (who I am going with) will feel about that one! lol

Give her a shot too.

Have a good trip, not even jealous in the slightest

[speed_monkey]

GTIR said:

You're going to Thialand with your GF?

Oh well, enjoy it all the same and watch out for dodgy shrooms and paranoid inducing whiskey, robbing tourists, fake cops, currupt cops, bad drving, and mossys!

No really, its a wicked place but avoid the tourists areas, Koh Samui islands, Koa san Road, Pattaya. Koh Pii Pii is still nice I hear.

We are skipping Ko Samui altogether, as its not really what we are looking for really and heading over to Ko Phangan (I REALLY want to do the full moon party which is very high on the list) as a first stop, we are stopping on Koa San Rd for a day or so just to say we've done it but not there for any length of time.
Yes Phi Phi is pretty high on the "to-do list" among lots of other places

[speed_monkey]

v15ben said:

Glad I could be of assistance Ian!
Bloody jealous of your plans too - I'm tempted to do the same thing

Ben, you are an absolute legend mate.

i hope you dont mind but I have passed your details on to a few of my friends who should be contacting you shortly

Once again I cannot thank you enough

[GTIR]

speed_monkey said:

GTIR said:

You're going to Thialand with your GF?

Oh well, enjoy it all the same and watch out for dodgy shrooms and paranoid inducing whiskey, robbing tourists, fake cops, currupt cops, bad drving, and mossys!

No really, its a wicked place but avoid the tourists areas, Koh Samui islands, Koa san Road, Pattaya. Koh Pii Pii is still nice I hear.

We are skipping Ko Samui altogether, as its not really what we are looking for really and heading over to Ko Phangan (I REALLY want to do the full moon party which is very high on the list) as a first stop, we are stopping on Koa San Rd for a day or so just to say we've done it but not there for any length of time.
Yes Phi Phi is pretty high on the "to-do list" among lots of other places

Full Moon party.

Just take it for what it is, full of fked up English people away from home for the first time, and you will have fun.

Oh and make sure you read/watch The Beach before you go as its pretty damn close to real life! (including the dead guy in the room scene )

[speed_monkey]

Johnniem said:

speed_monkey said:

Johnniem said:

A tad jealous I have to admit. It is my favorite place in the whole world. Have had some great holidays there with wifey and expect to take more soon. Went to The Racha (www.theracha.com) for my last two weeker with nights in the Millenium in Phuket and Bangkok. Go to the Racha for a night or two, it is heavenly!!

Have a great time guys! Sawasdee khup!

We are only staying in "budget" accomodation (read bungalow on the beach front that cost £4- £8 a night)

And just bumming around (i say!!!) and going where the wind takes us

Well although The Racha is not 'budget' in any language there are still some amazing places to do 'budget'. Considered Koh Tao (adjacent to Koh Phang Gan and a boat trip of about two hours from Samui? Alternatively Krabi and Phi Phi are topographically amazing and a trip to Bamboo island is a must. Enjoy, whatever you do and fill your boots with bowls of Tom Yam Goong for thrumpence a bowl!

Yep, Ko Tao, Phangan (we are skipping Samui) then over the mainland to the other side to do Phuket, Phi Phi Krabi etc etc and stopping over any where alse that takes our fancy and that sets the general trend for the whole of the trip

[speed_monkey]

GTIR said:

speed_monkey said:

GTIR said:

You're going to Thialand with your GF?

Oh well, enjoy it all the same and watch out for dodgy shrooms and paranoid inducing whiskey, robbing tourists, fake cops, currupt cops, bad drving, and mossys!

No really, its a wicked place but avoid the tourists areas, Koh Samui islands, Koa san Road, Pattaya. Koh Pii Pii is still nice I hear.

We are skipping Ko Samui altogether, as its not really what we are looking for really and heading over to Ko Phangan (I REALLY want to do the full moon party which is very high on the list) as a first stop, we are stopping on Koa San Rd for a day or so just to say we've done it but not there for any length of time.
Yes Phi Phi is pretty high on the "to-do list" among lots of other places

Full Moon party.

Just take it for what it is, full of fked up English people away from home for the first time, and you will have fun.

Oh and make sure you read/watch The Beach before you go as its pretty damn close to real life! (including the dead guy in the room scene )

Yes I do realise the FMP is very commercial but it is something that I have always wanted to do and as I am in the area.... why not

[rah1888]

speed_monkey said:

GTIR said:

You're going to Thialand with your GF?

Oh well, enjoy it all the same and watch out for dodgy shrooms and paranoid inducing whiskey, robbing tourists, fake cops, currupt cops, bad drving, and mossys!

No really, its a wicked place but avoid the tourists areas, Koh Samui islands, Koa san Road, Pattaya. Koh Pii Pii is still nice I hear.

We are skipping Ko Samui altogether, as its not really what we are looking for really and heading over to Ko Phangan (I REALLY want to do the full moon party which is very high on the list) as a first stop, we are stopping on Koa San Rd for a day or so just to say we've done it but not there for any length of time.
Yes Phi Phi is pretty high on the "to-do list" among lots of other places

A good friend of mine lives on Ko Phangan and runs this place:

http://www.wakeupwakeboarding.com/

It's on the north side of the island, so a lot quieter than Haad Rin and Thong Sala.

If you have any specific questions about Ko Phangan, drop me a line!

Oh, and have a fab time, you bugger!

[speed_monkey]

rah1888 said:

speed_monkey said:

GTIR said:

You're going to Thialand with your GF?

Oh well, enjoy it all the same and watch out for dodgy shrooms and paranoid inducing whiskey, robbing tourists, fake cops, currupt cops, bad drving, and mossys!

No really, its a wicked place but avoid the tourists areas, Koh Samui islands, Koa san Road, Pattaya. Koh Pii Pii is still nice I hear.

We are skipping Ko Samui altogether, as its not really what we are looking for really and heading over to Ko Phangan (I REALLY want to do the full moon party which is very high on the list) as a first stop, we are stopping on Koa San Rd for a day or so just to say we've done it but not there for any length of time.
Yes Phi Phi is pretty high on the "to-do list" among lots of other places

A good friend of mine lives on Ko Phangan and runs this place:

http://www.wakeupwakeboarding.com/

It's on the north side of the island, so a lot quieter than Haad Rin and Thong Sala.

If you have any specific questions about Ko Phangan, drop me a line!

Oh, and have a fab time, you bugger!

We are looking at stopping somewhere like Baan Panburi Village on Thong Nai Pan Noi Beach???

Looks far enough away from Haad Rin but do regular boat trips if the urge takes us.