Anywhere but the UK Almost three years of saving and hard work since graduation have culminated in this trip. My inspiration has come from reading inumerable atlas's and watching the quality output of the BBC ever since I was a kid. My route has changed in it's scope and length since my orignial ideas. The theme however,remains the same: to get beyond the shores of our tiny island and to experience and explore the world beyond. Oh and to have a good time and not work for six months!

Same Same But Different

Monday, 28 May 2007 | Views [1144]

I had enrolled myself on a three day trek through the forested hills in the Chiang Dao area of northern Thailand .   Over the course of the next three days I would have the pleasure of trekking over 20km in 35 degree heat with small breaks to swim, ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Chiang Mai

Monday, 28 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

The City of Angels

Saturday, 19 May 2007 | Views [1135] | Comments [1]

So Bangkok or Krung Thep as the Thai's call it. This translation however misses out fourteen other words which make up its full Thai name, yet intact it still doesn't give much of a description of what is to be found there!  Roughly translated Krung ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Gallery: Bangkok

Thursday, 17 May 2007 | Photo Gallery

The Land of Smiles

Friday, 11 May 2007 | Views [1113] | Comments [1]

Before leaving Malaysia I had read that Thailand was the land of smiles and this is certainly true. Everyone smiles here. Even the immigration officer, who had kept me in line for over an hour and a half, smiled as he meticulously checked through my ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures

Gallery: Southern Thailand

Thursday, 10 May 2007 | Photo Gallery