Well it has been a difficult few days and I had been feeling really down and questioned what I was thinking doing this by myself! Am much happier now and think I was just on a bit of a downer after my trip and had been feeling really lonely. Don't think it helped that Chaweng in Ko Samui and last night at Hat Rin in Ko Phangan were really touristy areas and I was not brave enough to say 'hi my name is Julia can I be your friend?!' In fairness I didn't try as hard...

Hi all! I am now in Koh Phangan! Spent a night in Chaweng in Koh Samui at an amazing guesthouse called AKWA which was decorated with Pop Art all over the walls and is like someone's bedroom. The manager was a crazy pissed gay guy who has adopted a 10 year old Thai boy and told me all about his ex boyfriend problems within seconds of meeting me (he did make me a very large free cocktail to make up for it!) Had a chilled out night at a Mexican restaurant/bar and wa...

Hello well I am now in Ko Samui and staying in Lamai which is a more chilled out part of Ko Samui as I was planning on relaxing for a few days after my Indochina trip. I am staying at a beautiful resort (thanks to Paula) and have already made friends with the only other apparent resident who is a Belgium man with a mullet and who wears the shortest shorts I have ever seen!! Went to the beach today which was beautiful and have discovered that I am actually not ver...

Well it has been an eventful couple of days but probably not for the right reasons! Am back in Bangkok and it seems strange that we started the trip here a month ago as it has flown by. Was very sad saying goodbye to everyone on the trip but I'm excited about my next adventure and can't wait to just sit on a beach and do nothing after 4 busy weeks! Our last night in Siem Reap was very funny. Went to the Angkor What? bar as mentioned in my last blog and drank 2 bu...

Right well I'm here! Started the tour as soon as I arrived on 4th. There are 12 people in the group and everyone is really nice. Spent the first evening in Ko San Road and there was allegedly an alcohol ban as it was the presidential elections the following day but we still managed to get a cocktail - flimsy Thai rules!! Started the following day with a long boat to Wat Po and went to see a very large, very gold reclining Buddha! Had a look round the temples an...