What a pile of stressy crap start to the new year! We discovered today that there's really bad storms down the south of Thailand and a lot of flooding,so much that no busses or trains are going to be running to cross the border into Malaysia! Which is where we need to go in two days time. ARGH. Our visa for Thailand is up in two days and if we stay one day its ok, otherwise we get charged about 20 pound a day for both of us to stay in Thailand! We can't get a vis...

Continuing from yesterday... The bungalows hadnt been paid by the Arun Lucky Travel company we used to set us up with transfers and accomodation on the islands..and wanted us to pay them.No way,weve already paid! What sort of company doesnt pay a place BEFORE you check in?! We refused amd said its not our fault,he shoulda paid them,our receipt proves we have paid! The guy who owns the bungalows said hes been trying to ring them n they keep saying tommorrow but d...

Merry xmas everyone! We hope you all had the best day! It was a bit strange for us,because its so hot and were used to the xmassy cold weather.it didnt really feel like xmas.we had a good day though,on the beach,had pizza and ice cream for lunch,not your usual turkey dinner,we both really wanted that! We then went to the famous full moon party on haad rin beach in the night! Fair play it was really impressive! We had a few drinks,put some day-glo war paint on and...

Today we saw one of the most upsetting things... we went to the Genocide museum, and the killing fields! I had no idea of the extent of what these poor people of Cambodia have been through! The Genocide museum is the prison where thousands of people were tortured and killed. There were hundreds of pictures of the victims, pieces of their clothes, even their skulls. It was horrific. An elderly man was sat in one area outside, he was one of the 7 only survivors ...

Today I ate something I didn't think I ever would...crocodile! We found the "pub street" in Siem Reap, and walked along to see a bar that was offering crocodile burgers,fries and a free glass of wine. When in Rome... It was actually quite nice,I just feel a bit bad for the crocodile.It was only last night I was telling Luke how I thought it was cruel that they showed one being killed on tv! :-S I don't think it's something i'd eat again though,out of pr...