Ayutthaya was barely worth blogging about so I didn't bother. It's the ancient capital of Thailand that was destroyed by the Burmese a few hundred years ago so it's all about the ruins - which were pretty amazing, but once you've seen two or three, you've seen them all. The town can definitely be covered on a day trip but due to unorganisation we spent two nights there before getting the overnight train to Chiang Mai. Which was absolutely NUTS. As the train pulle...

Our last full day in Kanchanaburi and the last few days went a little something like this: One large American Vs British drinking games and Sangsom bucket induced hangover. A couple of hammocks. Seven waterfalls. 300 waving schoolgirls. Countless 10 baht Sangsom and cokes. Highlights have included our hours spent at the 10 baht whiskey bar, which is genuinely called 'Get Drunk for 10 baht' (roughly 20p). The woman who runs it is named Candy, somewhat of a legen...

First off, an explanation regarding photos. Naturally I am taking loads of snaps, but I've had a bit of a nightmare involving the apparent loss of my USB lead that I need in order to upload my photos. Working on getting a new one out here/sent over but until then my words will be all you have the pleasure of viewing. Photos seem to take awhile to upload to this blog so will probably only have a select few included - all others will of course be on my facebook. B...

After two and a half years of planning, a year of saving via an array of jobs including pulling pints, waitressing, working at a hedge fund and a synagogue (of all places); a 12 hour flight with an elderly man breathing over me with unfortunate breath only made bearable by Quantas' great movie selection ('The Social Network', 'The Kids are Alright' and 'Eat Pray Love' being my choices), I'm proud to say I've finally made it further east than Greece. Quite a lot f...