Hello from Malaysia! Now, let's see. Last time I wrote I was still in Phuket, and during my six days there I did little else apart from spending time on the beach, eating and reading. I took one day trip out, as mentioned before, and enjoyed it immensely. After a very early start, I was picked up from my hostel and transferred to a harbour around an hour away. Luckily, three people from the hostel were not on the trip itself but were taking the boat over to Phi...

I know I said I wouldn't leave it this long again, for my own benefit rather than anyone else's, but it happened and now I have to rack my brains to remember what I've been doing for the last week or so. When I last updated, I had just arrived in Koh Samui, after a 5am wake-up call, a ferry and a minibus ride. Exhausted, we spent that afternoon lazing on the beach, swimming in the pool, and enjoying Singapore Slings in the lukewarm jacuzzi. This is a life I could...

So where did I leave off? After avoiding that morning's protests and holing myself up in the hostel, I was ravenous. Left the hostel to eat at the first place I could find, and had the usual blandly disappointing vegetables and rice. Then I took the Skytrain down to Siam Square for the afternoon, where there were upwards of 100 restaurants, in all of which I could have eaten a more satisfying meal. But you live and you learn. After mooching round the shops and ge...

So I leave my hotel today to indulge in a little innocent shopping in Siam Square and find myself bang smack in the middle of a huge political protest. I know people have warned me of the political sitaution here but I didn't really realise quite how close to it I'd be. Last I knew, any demonstrations were being held outside government buildings but now they have filtered out onto the main roads. On Silom Road, right next to where I'm staying, there are hundreds...

Sa wat dee from Bangkok! Have been spending quite a while updating my past blog since it somehow went missing, and have been trying to upload photos, but it's proving quite a lengthy process. Have uploaded my Saigon pictures today and will try and do a few more albums over the next few days. As for what I've been doing outside of this internet cafe, On Monday we took a bus from Siem Reap to Battambang, Cambodia's second biggest town after Phnom Penh. Stopped fo...