So, we were supposed to be going to Ayutthaya today but Mark had to wait around to find out if he could change his room. Found out pretty late he couldn't, so we decided to be tour guides to Ross for the day as it was his first day here. We didn't get very far down the road before we were approached by a smartly dressed gentleman who asked us where we were going - we replied the Golden mountain, he kindly informed us that right now it was closed but he could recc...

So after another short nights sleep, we were up early for a tour of Kanchanaburi, just outside of Bangkok. We booked the tour the night before, so I was a little apprehensive of what we would get - would it be one of those horror stories that you hear about or did we book with a decent company. Luckily, we had a lovely aircon mini van and a very friendly driver named Pong! We headed off out of the city towards Kanachanburi. First stop was the Allied War Cemet...

So today is my first full day in Thailand. After getting to sleep at 5am - body is no used to the time difference yet, a 8am start probably wasn't the best thing in the world! We decided that we would hit the things that I hadn't done before, so headed by foot to Wat Pho. On the way stopped by the Victory Monument and found a really beautiful temple- Wat Suthat. We stubled in on the midday prayers - the temple was full of people and monks wondering around. Af...

So, this is my first entry to the blog. First of all, welcome! Second - its lovely and hot here, so hope you're all a bit jealous now. Got here yesterday, after a pretty routine flight on BA- couldn't sleep as I was too hot on the plane. So was a little tired when I got here and incredibly confused about the time (my body felt like it was 8am, but the clock said 3). Got a taxi into town with the Aussie chap (Richard) who was sat next to me. He's here on his hol...