Koh Chang and the Khaosan Road My fantastic trip is almost over - I fly back home tonight. My last couple of weeks have been perfect. On Koh Chang island I found a lovely beach that was relatively quiet but there were loads of backpackers and I stayed in a hut on the beach with an excellent bar and restaurant. There was a really good atmosphere. The sea was so clear and warm and the sunsets were stuning. I spent some time seeing a bit of the island on a mope...

Between 1975 and 1979 a quarter of Cambodia's then population was killed or starved to death. It's hard not to think about that when you're there. I wonder in amazement that there is a country left at all. There is a lot of work still to be done though, there are loads of problems of corruption, a lot of very poor people constantly trying to sell you things and I thought there was a particularly noticeable rich poor divide. This all made it a bit of a heavy going...

Did you know that Laos is the most bombed country in history? Despite that and the people having relatively little, the kids don't cry and seem happy and everyone is laid back, calm, friendly and helpful. It really feels like a magical place. After the initial unexpected most uncomfortable boat in the world, and once I got used to Laos Time, which is considerably slower than time in the rest of the universe, I really fell in love with the place. Luan Praban...

Hello Chiang Mai actually seems like a very long time ago as I've just spent 2 very very long days sitting on the most uncomfortable boat imaginable to travel down the Mekong River from the boarder crossing from Thailand in the north to Laos. Aside from it being uncomfortable it was an amazing experience. I don't think any of the people on the boat were quite expecting what we got. We imagined a lazy relaxing ride down the Mekong, watching people wash their ...

Heaven, . . . . must be missing some islands...... This is a story about 3 epic journeys and 2 places that are just like paradise. When I last wrote i think i was on Langkawi in Malaysia. From there I got a taxi, a boat, a taxi, an overnight bus, a taxi, a boat and a mini boat to a place called Long Beach on the Perhintian islands. People recommended the place, telling me it was like paradise, and I was not disappointed. It is just stunning. I did the b...