Trip: South-East Asia 2011
There are [27] stories from my trip: South-East Asia 2011
THAILAND | Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011 | Views [554]
The first time I've ever missed Thailand transport was this morning. You know, as I got there really early and checked in my ticket for my visa-run trip, I had a funny feeling that everything seemed just a little bit too easy... "You come back ten ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, mayanmar, travelling, visa run, visa run koh tao to burma
THAILAND | Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011 | Views [496]
Just for a moment, one random moment, I felt like something was missing in my life made more noticeable by the fact that I 'had everything'. I'd just checked in my ticket for the catamaran to start my visa run, I had a nice little rucksack on with ... Read more >
LAOS | Friday, 26 Aug 2011 | Views [2123] | Comments [2]
Don't get too excited, I didn't have a Laos girlfriend on my travels, but this is the term my german friends and I came up with to describe a certain Laos girl on a public bus.
Somewhere in the Lonely Planet it says that on public buses in Laos, the ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, laos, personal space, public bus, travelling
THAILAND | Friday, 26 Aug 2011 | Views [1330]
So after being misdiagnosed as having sinus inflammation and/or sinusitis and even having the rash that developed later dismissed by one doctor on koh tao as merely a secondary bacterial infection, I had one day feeling particularly ill and decided that ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, herpes zoster, herpes zoster opthalmicus, travelling
THAILAND | Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011 | Views [459]
My idyllic start on Ko Tao went rapidly downhill. I'm now sat in 'Choppers' because I need to have breakfast with my painkillers and they do half-price here between 9 and 10. Hopefully the painkillers will dull what is, at the moment, excruciating ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 13 Aug 2011 | Views [545]
As Bangkok became smaller in the distance I could hear its low bass-like
groans and cries as it lamented my escape.
The living breathing beast had not got me.
I flopped into the warm embrace of the dive resort on Kho Tao, already
feeling ... Read more >
Tags: bangkok kho tao diving divemaster rescue diver th
THAILAND | Tuesday, 9 Aug 2011 | Views [448]
About five hours ago I decided not to go to the UK, but to go to Kho Tao and do my Divemasters. I went to their office in Bangkok and paid for the whole thing in one. I was in real turmoil earlier today, but now I'm sat having a quiet beer and a cigarette, ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 7 Aug 2011 | Views [661]
If you could call it that. The moment she walked in, all my anxieties were dispelled, because her energy was so relaxed and, I don't know how to put it, 'innocent' maybe? She's no virgin and she knows what's going on. I really don't know how to put ... Read more >
Tags: asian women, backpacking, bangkok, dating, feminism, feminist, thailand
THAILAND | Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | Views [534]
So I'm sat in the same guesthouse in Bangkok I started my travels in 10 weeks ago. The same attractive girl is here in the same yellow dress trying to lure people in from the entrance. But it has free wi-fi and comfortable seats. It's a nice atmosphere.... Read more >
LAOS | Sunday, 24 Jul 2011 | Views [687]
I've just realised that there's nothing in my journal about anything between Don Det and Chiang Mai. I had alot of wonderful and unusual experiences in Laos - maybe I'll write about those another time. But for now, I just want to include Muang Ngoi as ... Read more >
Tags: laos, muang ngoi
LAOS | Sunday, 17 Jul 2011 | Views [767]
We got into a great little routine in the evenings of lying in our hammocks listening to music, maybe with a couple of beers, smoking cigarettes and watching the river flow by. Simply idyllic. I've been to some pretty beautiful locations in my time ... Read more >
Tags: don det 4000 islands
LAOS | Monday, 11 Jul 2011 | Views [999]
So having not had an awesome time since Railey (although SOME good times), I went down to Cambodia and after Siem Reap and Phenom Penh I ended up in Kompong Cham and I was NOT a happy bunny. There were no backpackers there and I was basically getting ... Read more >
Tags: 4000 islands, backpacking, cambodia, don det, laos, loneliness
CAMBODIA | Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Views [633]
I went straight through Bangkok and got a taxi straight from the sleeper train to the northern bus station and got on a bus to the Cambodian border. Although I was skipping my potential Bangkok lady-friend I knew that I'd be in Bangkok at a later date ... Read more >
Tags: cambodia mommys house guesthouse siem reap temple
THAILAND | Friday, 24 Jun 2011 | Views [1813]
So on it was from Krabi and through Bangkok up to Chiang Mai. I didn't even stay a night in Bangkok - I really don't like that place! Maybe I should stay away from Ko San road though... After taking the nightbus (and seemingly getting 180 quid stolen ... Read more >
Tags: backpacking, chiang mai, chiang rai, hostel, hostels, motorbike touring, northern thailand, phayao, phrao, pong
THAILAND | Thursday, 16 Jun 2011 | Views [572]
Ponchos can be useful here if you need to keep your bag dry, but
most people just get wet, because it's warm and wet. Saw a poncho out
yesterday from a well-prepared German couple in their 50's. They've been
backpacking every year since they've ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 15 Jun 2011 | Views [309]
Well it's time to move on and I feel sad to be leaving Marcel and Clare. They've been absolutely awesome people to hang out with. Great memories and I'm proud to call them friends. Had Hannah and Helen's last night last night which was a good craic ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 12 Jun 2011 | Views [496] | Comments [1]
It's occurred to me that solo travel, if you want it to be, can be like surfing a wave - a wave of people, friends, acquaintances, travel-buddies - whatever you want to call the various people you hang-out with. Once you start your travels you inevitably ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 6 Jun 2011 | Views [614]
Had the best day EVER!!! Off-road biking round Koh Tao exploring the island. SO much fun I can't describe. And at the end of the day I took a ride down the coast road and stumbled on a big local event - a series of football matches and all the locals ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 6 Jun 2011 | Views [437]
Teaming up with a guy called Marcel who is leaving his wife and her friends for a few days while they go to Koh Samui and we go to Krabi and Railay Beach to do some climbing. Good times!!!
THAILAND | Sunday, 5 Jun 2011 | Views [529] | Comments [1]
Otherwise known as 'the death of the bank balance'. It's oh so easy here to just do dive after dive! In fact, I think pretty much the whole of Thailand has now developed into one massive incredibly well-evolved money-extraction machine. Obviously though, ... Read more >
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