The bus dropped me off in Chiang Mai, having no idea where we were, or where to go as my phone had run out of battery, so I could not get hold of Hannah and the rest of the girls. I tagged along with three French people, one of whom had a charger, so I was able to find out where to go. I got to the hostel, with the girls getting ready for a trip with some Elephants, which involved riding them and cleaning then, in process getting very dirty. I however was in no...

On the 14th of April we arrived in Bangkok at around 7 in the morning, which turned out to be a blessing in disguise as it is leading up to the Thai New Year, and for five days before in Bangkok (3 days in Krabi and 10 days in Chiang Mai) they have street water fights starting at around 10 or 11 and lasting until about 1 or 2 o'clock at night. Luckily however, it hadn't started, so as we walked down the Khoasan road tired, uncomfortable and slightly restless wi...

We got off the train in Hat Yai, a small town just north of the Thai/Malaysia border, and left as soon as possible. The town doesn't offer much accept good connections to anywhere in the south, and up to Bangkok. We decided to break up our journey from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok by stopping off in Krabi for a two days; how we'd rue that decision. It was about a four hour journey from Hat Yai to Krabi, and we arrived at around 5 or 6 in the evening, and found a plac...

Melaka is a town known for a few things: Chinatown, the Jonker weekend market, and the Nyonya food. There are a few museums, some Portuguese ruins and a Dutch area, but these are not so special. It is a fairly traditional town, with its heritage in the Baba-Nyonya people, (Baba the term for men, and Nyonya the term for women.) They are Chinese immigrants, who settled in Melaka, and because of this, making a fusion of food from all over Asia. As i go on, please fo...

At 4:30 on the morning of the 26th we all dragged ourselves out of bed, woken up by Eva singing a silly nursury rhyme that her and Louise sang to the children in the nursury they volunteered at. The reason for getting up so early was to see Borobudur temple by sunrise. The journey from our hostel to Borobudur is about 1 hour, and the sun rises at 5:30. So actually we got up very early, to see the sunrise in our bus and then see Borobudur... Despite me and the r...