Out of the south

We have had a very eventful time since the last post we are now in Chaing Rai northern Thailand with Matt's family but we need to do a catch up on how we got here.

After sunning ourselves and relaxing in Railay we jumped on a couple more boats to get to Phuket town on the island of Phuket. Phuket is mainly known as a beach and party place but it is so big that we didn't see the sea after we got off the boat. We spent a couple of days exploring the old town's history and enjoying the great priced food and accommodation.

Phuket old town has an interesting china town vibe with rows and rows of shop houses selling everything imaginable.

Having made the long journey from the Andaman coast to Bangkok in one night last year we decided to breakup the trip this year. After seven hour bus journey from Phuket we arrived in Chumphon. There was not much to see here so we only spent one night and enjoyed a meal in the night market. The next day we had planned to use the train to get to Phetchaburi but the floods conspired against us and we had get another bus. There are so many buses roaming around Thailand that it is possible to get to most places from most places if you ask. Our main tip would be always go to the kiosk at the bus station, you get a better price and normally a much less crowded bus (more on that in another post).

Petchaburi was a real surprise so I will leave that for the next post.