So, we arrived from the night train (where I had frozen to death from the air-con) and found a hotel with a nice clean and spacious room! After a well needed shower I explored the Citadel, a place where the emporers used to live (a city within a city) including the Imperial Inclosure and the FOrbidden Purple City - amazing buildings and detail on these. I met with Thomas for dinner who had heard from the boys who had in fact made it here. He suggested hiring bike...

An early start brought with it terrential rain for my 2day boating experience. As we circled the city picking up different people I began to wonder who I would be spending the next two days with aboard a boat with few hiding places. I lovely French couple (reminded me of mum&dad), 4 'clicky' germans, some chinese, some americans, and then there was James, a highly irritating, very 'public schoolboy' who had done and knew everything. For the first hr he slept,...

I sat myself down on the plane, making polite conversation with Thomas, an Austrian guy I was sat next to. It soon became apparent that, like me, he had no clue about Vietnam either. We discussed their currency and concluded that although we didn't know this, it was ok to spend US$ (of which we both had a small amount). Neither of us knew the exchange rate, or infact what to expect when we arrived in Hanoi. It transpired that neither of us had a hotel bookedor tr...

My first solo trip!!!! So after and early start at the bus station and a 3hr journey north west I arrived at Kanchanaburi (close to the Burmese boarder), an area where lots of POW were brought by the Japanese to build railways. Found a place to stay and off I went to see tigers - a rescue centre for abandoned tigers run by monks. Failing to pick up a map as I went in I used my initiative and slyly followed some Austrian guys…it wasn't until I found myself in t...

(Note to self: DO NOT get excessively drunk the night before travelling!) A painful ferry followed by a stopover in Krabi before flying out the following morning to BKK. Had a proper teenage day consisting of McDonalds, shopping and Cinema before heading to Phil's to crash for a few days. Although sadly lost my camera somewhere during my day..lost pics 5days later and i'm still in Bangkok...enjoying the luxuries of Phil's flat (a sofa and tv...heaven!)and the ...