I'm currently in Pucon in the lake district halfway down Chile, or thereabouts. The sun's streaming through the window, although it's not as hot as further north. Definitely pleasant though! Sympathy for the Devil by the Stones is being blasted into this net café by a soundsystem that's been set up in the street for some reason, haven't a clue why though as they're all speaking Spanish…If i walked to the doorway I'd see a huge, smoldering volcano in the distan...

13th January and I'm sitting in a net café on the south of Phuket, resembling a French foreign legion conscript after a nasty encounter with a Thai hairdresser last night. It'll grow back….eventually! On a break between morning and afternoon training sessions at the Muay Thai camp so will try and force my brain back into gear and recount what's being going on since my last update…. Saigon Worked my way down through Vietnam to meet Lace in Saigon on t...

Making full use of the free internet at my lodgings in sleepy little Hoi An; Hop Yen Hotel. Bit of a big one last night so chilled night tonight, plus I'm up early doors for a flight down to Nha Trang. Liverpool V Arsenal KO's at 11pm later though so could put the early night in jeopardy! This is how SE Asia has been going so far… Bangkok Sweet flight in with Jet from Mumbai, arriving 23rd Nov. Hooked up with Lacey who'd come in from Africa via Cambodia. Gre...

Chilling in the late afternoon sun on a roof-top in Chiang Mai, waiting for the sleeper bus out of here tonight to Laos. Grabbed Lacey's notebook and thought it was about time I concluded the India leg of my blog… Delhi Spent 2 days in Delhi, my last stop in the dry and dusty North. Felt a lot more comfortable there second time around with a bit of time in India under my belt - was all a bit crazy on my first, and brief, overnight stop there back on my first ...

Varanasi Stayed in Shanti Lodge in Varanasi for 3 nights, a popular backpacker haunt with prison cell-like rooms (only worse in some cases) but with a sociable roof-top terrace overlooking the Ganges. Checked in at the same time as an Aussie girl, Chrissy, so hung out on and off with her for a few days. I'd been building up Varanasi in my head for a while after reading lots about it and seeing a prog or two featuring it, but in the end I'm not sure it lived up...