After one night in a cheapy cheap guesthouse in Hua Hin, our wonderful friends decided that we had to be with them in the Anatara - needless to say we lept at the chance for some 5* luxury and it was so lovely being with such a big group hanging by the pool, sipping cocktails and making full use of the facilities! Fish and Poum's wedding on Sunday was incredible. The day started at 8.30am with a parade of the groom's party lead by a baby elephant and some Thai d...

3 days in Bangkok - the traffic is as bad as you can imagine and the drivers are crazier! Unfortunately, I didn't know the Thai for "don't worry I am not in that much of a hurry" when the taxi driver decided to squeeze between the concrete barrier at the edge of the expressway and a double decker coach... didn't pay off as we were soon squeezed back behind the coach! Tuk-tuks are a great way to travel, provided that you can cope with inhalling the traff...

5 weeks today and I'll be at Heathrow on my way to Thailand, 6 weeks until Fish and Poum's wedding - getting very excited!!! Random photo of Brighton beach as it's a perfect English summer's day and last weekend (which wasn't so hot) I cycled from Clapham to Brighton for the British Heart Foundation. Today I cycled around London in the London Bikeathon for Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research.

It's a rainy Bank Holiday weekend in London and my travel plans are beginning to take shape... my main intercontinental flights - are booked (and paid for) and I resigned on Friday!!! Official count down: 13 weeks today I will be boarding a plane to Bangkok. This is of course subject to the political unrest in Bangkok being resolved. It is slightly concerning that the FO is currently advising against all non-essential travel to Thailand, although I think it coul...

It's a rainy Bank Holiday weekend in London and my travel plans are beginning to take shape... my main intercontinental flights - are booked (and paid for) and I resigned on Friday!!! Official count down: 13 weeks today I will be boarding a plane to Bangkok. This is of course subject to the political unrest in Bangkok being resolved. It is slightly concerning that the FO is currently advising against all non-essential travel to Thailand, although I think it coul...