I spent an amazing month travelling around Thailand in summer 2014 with four friends, and I thought it'd be helpful to anyone planning a trip to Thailand to see the route we took.
In recent years, Thailand has become quite a tried and tested travel destination, and while you can pretty much wing it when you arrive, we found it useful (with there being a large group of us, and there being a couple of first time travelers) to plan our trip in advance. (fyi, seat61 is a great travel info resource.)
...And here you have it: a rough (very rough - apologies for my lack of computer skills!) route map of our trip:
- Flew from the UK (Edinburgh) via Qatar, to Bangkok.
- Day trip to Kanchanburi and Erawan waterfalls.
- Train from Bangkok to Ayutthaya for a day of temple-running, and from there, a night train to Chiang Mai.
- Flew from Chiang Mai (via Bangkok) to Surat Thani and then ferry to Koh Samui.
- Ferry to Koh Tao.
- Ferry to Koh Pha Ngan.
- Ferry to Surat Thani and then flew to Bangkok.
- Then home. (Or, actually, three girls flew home and two of us flew on to Vietnam...but that's a whole other post/story!)
Unfortunately, we didn't make it to some highly recommended destinations such as Pai or Chiang Rai (in the north), or to any west coast islands like Koh Phi Phi. However, they are on a future to-do list for when I one day revisit the land of smiles.
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