The Itinerary in a nut shell

We fly into Bangkok and tour the city for four days.  For the most part I have hired tour guides as I have heard the city can be very over whelming and there is a lot to see.  The best way to travel is by public transportation such as the rapid transit or subway.

From Bangkok we are taking a 12 hour overnight train to Chiang Mai in central Thailand for 6 days.  My research tells me the people of Chiang Mai are amazing and I'm not sure 6 days will be long enough.

Then we fly south to Phuket and travel to a small village about 2 hours north call Khao Lak.  This is where we are going on a live aboard snorkel boat off the coast of Thailand to an archipelago of 9 islands called the Similan Islands. 

Next we travel back to Phuket and take a ferry to Ko Phi Phi for 5 days and then another ferry to Railay Beach just south of Krabi for the last 5 days.

Then we fly back to Bangkok and home. :(

Chapter two of the Dream - THAILAND

Thailand here we come.  The planning is finally complete, the itinerary is set and now the count down begins.  9 weeks to go!  Thank God for the internet, this time round I did most of our research through travel sites such as TripAdvisor.com; Lonelyplanet.com; Sawadee.com and various other sites that I found along the way.  It was time consuming but I learned a lot about the country, culture and places to see.  Hopefully our planning will pay off and I have left enough time to do all the things we want to do. 

My next project is to learn how to use this blog!  Wish me luck