Its Bangkok....crazy, hectic, shiny shiny Grand Palace twinkling like a Christmas Tree but now its time...I'M COMING HOME!

Ahhhhh..the white white sand, the gentle whooshing of the sea, lazing on the beach in the sunshine whilst sipping from a fresh coconut and eating mangoes and too much Pad Thai....not that I'm trying to make you all jealous you understand ;) Anyhoo, not long til I'm back with you all in freezing cold Blighty!

Surely Vang Vieng is a mythical town created by the minds of backpackers, nestled next to the Nam Song river in Laos. Endless bars and restaurants playing Friends and The Simpsons on a continual loop, eons of western style food, lots of beer, and tubing down the river with handy bar stops every 2 metres or so, crazy zip slides over the water and booming music clashing with the several adjacent bars. I thought I would hate it. But bizarrely, I don't. Maybe its the...

Bonjour from Laos! French flavour is rife here- bagettes, crepes, wooden shuttered windows and french style houses...et voila, c'est Luang Prabang! It is beautiful, right next to the mighty Mekong River and the mountains, with golden temples everywhere. Took a day cycling around the temples and the surrounding area as well as a trip on a slow boat to some caves, and swam in a blue blue lake under a waterfall. Even witnessed the Tak Bat (impressive as it starts a...

Happy New Year from Cambodia! Siem Reap knows how to party! Except for, and even during, the power cut for 40 mins (cue glow stick toilet trips, very surreal) everyone was rockin at a fab street party last night, twas truely international as the Cambodians don't celebrate new year for another 4 months! Much singing and dancing and cocktail consumption! Cambodia so far: Beautiful temples, delicious food, hoards of highly skilled sales-children hawking everything...