Finally, for all those people who've been checking this site for the last month and then asking us why we haven't updated it yet, here it is, our first entry.

So, after 19 days in Tasmania, 20hrs in Melbourne, 3 hrs at Melbourne Airport and 9hrs in a plane we made it to Bangkok, Thailand.

Our first impression was 'Oh crap - we may die' No seatbelts in the Taxi on the way from the airport, No working Speedo, No apparent road rules. It seems that it's more a set of road guidelines. For example, if the light is red, you might want to stop- but you might not. Same goes for pedestrian crossings. Depends on how they feel I guess.

We spent 2 days in Bangkok doing the usual touristy things, Chatachat market, shopping, and being massaged within an inch of our lives (thanks everyone at SKM, Melbourne), eating and fending off annoying Tuk Tuk drivers.

Day 3 saw us head to Patong, Phuket.

Bascially that involved a really hectic schedule of swimming in the pool, relaxing by the pool, drinking cocktails by the pool, drinking cocktails in the bar, massages, eating, and drinking cocktails again.

We did actually make it into Patong to look around but got sick of being asked if we wanted a massage, taxi or suit so headed back to the resort for more hard work by the pool. (We did actually see a guy who's T-Shirt read 'No I don't want a f***ing Taxi, Massage or Suit' so at least it wasn't just us that got sick of it).

After 5 days here we're managing to understand Tenglish (what we like to call the language Thai people use to communicate with us). Sometimes I think Thai people might even understand us!

To summerise the trip so far:

• Favorite place - Pool side, Novotel Resort, Patong
• Favorite activity - Massage (of course)
• Favorite food - fresh pinapple at food stalls by the side of the road
• Least favotire place - Patong Town, annoying spruikers