We slept relatively well in the D&D inn, despite Gemma sleep talking and taking the register in the middle of the night. Oddly Charlotte and I played along and replied 'yes Gem, we are here' in our sleep. We checked out at 12 and found Sam and Henry still in bed hungover as they had continued the evening the night before and had claimed to eat scorpion and tarantula. The fact that the video 'lost battery' the second before Sam actually put it in his mouth i...

After another uneventful journey (this time no turbulence) we finally made it to Bangkok airport. We were supposed to meet my friend Sam from home and his friend Henry so we could share a taxi to the centre but our flight was late and they had already left without us. After a panicky 10 minutes of navigating the customs and baggage reclaim, which were surprisingly misleading, we finally made it out to the entrance hall. We quickly went to the nearest ATM, logged ...

So, today is the day. Typically, I've left a ton of things to do last minute so I had to whizz around Bristol on my last morning picking up my prescription, getting my anti malarials and getting mosquito repellant. We then decided to meet at Charlottes flat to grab a quick lunch and repack our bags - I doled out vacuum bags to the other two who were then able to pack all the clothes they had wanted to take. When Tom finished work at midday, he came to pick me u...