The moving bed & quick friends

We boarded the train south and found our seats. It wasn't a good sign when for the first 15mins the train seemed to not go far above jogging pace. After finally picking up pace and everyone settled in we spoke to a group of South Africans and heard about their stories of previous trips & their most recent one to Laos where they were coming from. Around 10 the staff came round putting all the beds down and converting the chairs. At 3.00 the others arrived at their stop so we said our fair wells and I realised how quickly friends could come and go while travelling. Another 5hours later and we arrived at Surat Thani to be greeted by a volley of shouting of place names all seemingly coming from 1 man trying to coordinate the travellers off the train. After being herded onto quite a nice coach we went for about 20minutes to what could only be descried as a sorting area where everyone was stickered and sent to their appropriate transport. Boarding the second and unfortunately back to the low standard coach that we had come to expect we went further south and onto Krabi. Becky tried braving the toilet but was quickly back in her seat and looking a little paler than previously. (check her blog for full descriptions) 4 hours later and another processing through a sorting area (still no hat used) and we were off in a mini bus this time finally arriving at our place to stay 16 hours after leaving Bangkok.

The plan

On the 23rd of January 2012 the trip begins, Becky and I are off around the world. We will be heading east on a 65 day adventure, starting in London and ending in London. On the way we will be stopping in Thailand for a week where we shall go to a few areas including Bangkok, the island of Phi Phi and Phuket.
After this short stay we head to Oz and Sydney where we coach up the east coast from Sydney to Cairns meeting Chris on the way seeing the sights, beaches and of course doing a spot of surfing.
Then a quick flight to Auckland for 4 weeks of extreme sports and travel involving sky diving, bungee jumps and returning Bex to Hobbiton.
Off to LA after for a week to see the sights before the final flight to our end destination, London.

I will be posting photos and updates of the trip as we travel to give up to date info on our location and activities for those following us and details for future travellers on the dos and don'ts that we learn on the way.