So, my last entry was from Koh Tao, and I had done 1 day of diving but only in the pool. The next day we were in at the deep end, out in the ocean. To pass the course enabling you to dive all over the world, you have to complete a series of drills, so on each dive we spent about half the time doing "work" the other half seeing fish. Some of the drills actually wernt too pleasant, such as removing your mask, and then clearing it again by blowing air thro...

I havent written for a week now, because of 2 reasons. The first, is that I am now travelling through the Thai Islands, which breeds inherent laziness into anyone who comes here. The second, is that I genuinely miss the adventure of south east asia that I had in Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. I mean, when you walk through some Cambodian towns, you are chased after and waved at by the kids, and stared at if you eat at a street stall with the locals. Over here, you ar...

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...