Hello from a durchfall-ridden Dangerous Dave, sitting in Hong Kong airport, awaiting what I'm fairly sure is going to be a tortuous 13 hour flight....hope I'm near the toilets What a way to start my last entry from this set of travels eh? And yes, well noted...I say this set of travels, for in addition to the bug in my bowels, I've caught another known to the layman as the travelling bug. I'm not sure yet what my next move will be, although I am s...

Hello once more, and perhaps for the last time until I'm back in the UK. I returned to Bangkok yesterday from Koh Samet, where I spent a fantastic four or five days. The rain cleared up after the first day, and the rest of my time there was spent under clear blue skies, relaxing on the beaches and exploring the whole park (the whole of Koh Samet is a national park) on my little red scooter. Alas, I have two saddening pieces of information to impart. Firs...

For someone who wasn't much looking forward to the prospect of spending another day in Bangkok, let alone a week, having felt that it had lost its rather novel charm after the five or so days a few months ago, the buzz I felt as I stepped out of the taxi yesterday at the end of Kho San Road was incredible. This is one of the many things that travelling is all about, for me, and I'm excited to be able to rediscover Bangkok....hopefully this time ...

Helloooooo. Back again, as promised, and as fully functional as I ever have been. (Admittedly, this doesn't say much). The boat trip from Halong Bay, from which I returned yesterday, was pretty awesome - it really is a beautiful part of the world, and not even the repeated (please cover your eyes) screw-ups, made by the tour company I was with, could detract from the raw beauty of the towering rock formations that shot out of the sea with the complete disregard f...

What's up, Doc? I feel that, despite having mostly recovered from a couple of days of simultaneous temperatures, shivers and sweats, I'm still not quite over my bout of whatever it is I've had/got, but I'm hoping that another good night's rest will prepare me for my energetic days to come, which will be spent mostly sunning myself on a boat, as it sails around and among the islands off Vietnam's Halong Bay. I'm looking forward to it, especially since my semi-retu...