It was good to get out of the big city of Delhi, it felt a bit tourist driven in parts, with the trips and the rickshaws etc, plus I was just waiting for the next person to try to rip us off. Varanasi was going to be real India and that it was. In Lonely Planet, Varanasi is described as "the most blindly colourful, unrelentingly chaotic and unapologetically indiscreet places on earth. A place that takes no prisoners but if you're ready for it, it may just turn ou...

We cleared immigration and picked up our luggage, it was time to walk out into the madness of the airport arrivals. Luckily I had previously booked us a hotel and arranged for an airport pick up so we felt a bit safer knowing we we're looking for someone. There he was, our taxi man holding a sign with our name on. He was a nice enough man so we quickly felt at ease travelling with him, he was teaching us about Delhi as we were driving through the city, answering ...

What a day to be in Bangkok. Songkran, Thailand New Year!! We arrived off the train, got to our hostel called Mile Map. It had only recently opened and the reviews were right, it was a great hostel. Had an Australian feel to it weirdly enough. Communal cooking area, places to do your own laundry, computer and a common room with lots of sofas. We all really liked it, I remember researching about this place when I was looking for somewhere to stay a few months back...

Vang Vieng didn't start off the way I wanted, as soon as we arrived I crawled into my bed and didn't leave the room for nearly two days, I will definitely not go into detail but I had one hell of a stomach bug. Couldn't keep any food down so just gave up eating after a few attempts. Liv played mum and forced paracetamol and hydration sachets down my throat while Kate was researching online on NHS direct and off course Sooz was there to lift my spirits with her sw...

I started my lone journey to Laos, I won't go through each detail of the journey but it was a long one. Started with a minibus, then a coach then a coach change then a boarder crossing then a minibus then a sleeper bus then a tuk tuk. 29 hours later I arrived in Vientiane. It didn't feel overly long but it was eventful. None of the buses have toilets so I had to wait until we stopped, one time when I had to change buses I needed a wee so bad, I threw my luggage o...