Greetings from Phuket! I never came here on either of my two holidays in Thailand so Im happy to make it to another place. Im in Patong which anyone whos been knows is NOT the best part of Phuket to spend time, Id heard rumours that it was loud, crass, ugly and seedy etc. And it kinda is. Except Im used to all that now. It doesnt really even register anymore if the bar im drinking at has go-go dancers wearing teeny tiny shorts and thight high black plastic b...

I like it when a massage student asks me for feedback; "and how was that?". How the frik should I know, I was passed out unconscious!!??' This course has been a major score actually. Ive ended up getting more massages than Ive given. And when its one of the teachers.. I had a massge the other day and realised, to my horror, that I was drooling right through the hole you put your face through, onto the floor tiles (its NOT MY FAULT, shes a s*** h...

A man walks into a bar and orders a starberry shake.. This is not a joke. Well actually it is a joke but not in a funny haha way. A strawberry shake?? To put it in context I was sitting with a beer and a curry (actually if Im being honest, I was onto my second naan as well. All the tailors here are Indian so they open up restaurants too. Best naan ever actually). He looked at what I was having just as I was staring at the strawberry shake (with fancy straw...

Ive finally left Vietnam! After two months! And its a bit of an out of body experience, especially to be back in Bangkok when Ive been here about 5 times already. The characters in the alaphabet are back to being asian not roman like in vietnam so now I definately cant read any local signs. And the language spoken sounds so different too, kinda soothing, not machine gun fire of the Vietnamese. I was ready to leave there, I really was, I had that kinda 'if I ...