Oh my days, I have so much to write The night before the river boat, the rest of my group went to bed after we had a drink in an American Indian style teepee with a complete local nutcase. Anyway, I found a bar that was showing the FA Cup football, and met a Thai couple on holiday north from Bangkok. They were so sound, and with the barman, and his mother, (who proceeded to show me photos of the barman when he was a child) we ended up cracking open a bottle of l...

yo! The overnight train wasnt as bad as expected, and felt quite fresh in the morning. As I am trying to fit a lot in to a short space of time, I only had one day and night in Chiang Mai so set off about midday to go Elephant trekking. These beasts were huge!! They were also very graceful, and very cheeky, constantly demanding bananas and sugar cane. The 2 hour trek took us through the hills outside of Chiang Mai taking in some breathtaking scenery and even stop...

A couple of annecdotes first of all, i was in O'Reillys Irish bar on the Silom road, 4 Thai lads came in and asked me what I was drinking, it being Guinness. They had never seen it before so I explained it and they got a round in, it was classic, but I think they enjoyed it too! Then in the same bar one of the waitresses came up to me and in broken English asked me if I had an older brother. obviously I said no, why- and they said that i looked very similar to ...

hello! First of all, I had an absolute touch on the plane...the people who were supposed to be sitting next to me missed their flight from Glasgow (probably too busy doing heroin and drinking Super Tennants), so I had 3 seats all to myself...MINT!!! So i stretched out over 3 seats and slept all the way. Arrived in Bangkok into a wall of heat about 4pm and got a nice air conditioned cab to my hotel. my room is small but efficient, and is situated in Patpong and...