White rabbit, white rabbit, white rabbit! I managed to spend all but my last 50cents on two cartons of milk, a bottle of water, and a croissant before the seven hour bus journey to Siem Reap. We stopped off two or three times, once for lunch where I stupidly ate a big bit of chilli and had to rush off for a very cold drink. The hotel seems nice, it even has mosquito nets and the obligatory shower/toilet. At the Cambodia border I carried my bags through all the ...

Well my first day and only full day in Thailand started off hot, and just kept getting hotter! I started walking towards the Grand Palace, only to be told by a woman 'from Phuket, I from Phuket' that I was very white and would not be allowed to go to the palace because of wearing shorts. After crossing the road with her and experiencing a few near-death experiences I asked a European couple if I'd be allowed in, and they said I'd be able to hire clothes so I'd be...

Airport day today, and of course all was not running smoothly. I left the homestay at 1.30pm to get to the bus at 1.45, as Annie, the owner, had assured me the buses to the airport arrived every forty-five minutes. I got to the bus stop at 1.40pm, no bus. I stood in the shelter with a scrawny kitten as numerous people got on their buses, and numerous buses went past, but alas no 102. I watched the kitten as it got shouted at by Chinese men, and played with by a M...

Whenever I look forward to something you can guarantee it won't live up to it, or at least that was the case with the shower this morning. I got up all ready to have a nice shower upstairs, only to find that there was no water pressure. I had to use the freezing cold shower downstairs, which, like the Hong Kong shower, was basically a shower head hanging over a toilet. I managed to get clean somehow, and after putting dressings on my now weeping, gross, sunburn b...

Another entry from the 27th, but this time an altogether more realistic time of day than 1.30am. After drifting off to dust filled scent of the fan I slept through until about 10.30am, waking up to a nice powerful shower that helped wake me up, but antangonised my poor blistered sunburn. Another couple were in the hostel/homestay when I got up, Terry and Sue, from London but now pretty much living in Australia: they were in Penang to make sure they didn't lapse ...