7th Jan: Bangkok. Got down to Bangkok early morning after the 12 hour bus journey - quite easy going, but they are funny - they showed half the Chronicles of Narnia, then the second half of Mission Impossible 3, then when everyone is asleep, they stop off for food at about 12.30! Anyway, that day I had a real mission for money! I had to sell 2 books so I could phone home to sort money out, which was managed. Then I went to my favourite Irish Bar that night to wat...

Well I'm in Bangkok! Leaving Cambodia I got the bus and there were only 2 other people on it and soon found out why - I think its the bumpiest road in the world - so bad that the bus drove half on and half off it, as the dirt track to the side was smoother! I'm currently staying in a tiny room in a place called 'mini house' called Soi Rambutri, which is just off the Khao San road. It costs 150 baht (a Jack Daniels costs 1400bt). The road I'm o...