Setting Off The day after spending the night in a treehouse in the Khao Sok jungle, I found myself on a traditional longtail boat, sailing across the emerald water of Cheow Lan Lake towards the Khao Sok Smiley Lakehouse. I'd booked an overnight tour of the lake with Khao Sok...

Getting to Khao Sok The minibus bounced along uneven roads in the early morning sun, speeding by lush green hills and delicate palm trees. I'd arrived into Surat Thani on an overnight train at 6:30am and had booked a night's stay in Khao Sok Paradise Resort. From Surat Thani, I...

Arrival At 8:30am, I stepped into the hot, humid air of Bangkok to find my Grab driver in the Suvarnabhumi Airport carpark. After an overnight flight from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, I was exhausted. I fell asleep in the back of the car as we crawled through the morning traffic, waking as...