Hi, am at Bangkok airport, just been thru check-in and have my boarding passes. I arrived 4 and a half hour early, got kick out of the hotel at midday (so to speak), then got taxi to airport. Flight leaves at 5pm. Trying to kill some time. Hope my flight isn't delayed cos i only have 1 hour between flights in OZ. Mario, sounds like you are coping well at work without me. Stew, you're Rolex is silver strap with silver face. Looks good. They don't do leat...

Hi, am back in Bangkok. Am staying at the China Town Hotel, that's in the China Town area, no surprise, I didn't get to see it on my previous visit. The streets are busy, all food vendors along the pavement, smell is unbeleiveable (bad), a mixture of exhaust fumes, smoke from cooking pots and rotting food...nice. Just walked across six lanes of traffic, have to walk slowly and try not to be killed obviously. Mario, Bob lives in OZ, he moved there a few year...

'ello boys n girls, haven't done much today, an exciting start i know. Followed a walk from my guide book, saw temples etc etc, nothing new. Have just watched a re-run of England v Argies from world cup '02 when we won 1-0 from a penalty after Owen was taken down in the box. Tonight, gonna watch live games of Arsenal and maybe the later Chelski game. Went to the night market yesterday, brought a certain person's Rolex for 15 quid, the better ones go for 30 qu...

Hi, am so so tired. Really tired, not a bit tired but really tired. Am still alive after the trek! Started Thursday morning at 9am, knew I would be in a group of upto 12 people but had no idea whom. I was the last person to be picked up and we greeted by 3 Canadians, 2 French, 1 Thai and 2 other Brits. I was the youngest, all well-old (40's) except the two in their early 30's. First we headed to an elephant farm / santury and rode in pairs for an hour. My ...

Hi, am currently in Chiang Mai. Changed hotels, am now at a place i kleep forgetting the name of...anyhow.. tomorrow I am going trekking for 2 days in the forests of Thailand to a hill-tribe village. Sleeping under the stars in a sleeping bag! Am already bitten quite alot so lets see how hungry the bugs are in the forest. After I stay two nights in Chiang Mai, went for a walk today to have a look around but accidently took the road out-of-town so just walked ...