Last night I shared my room, not sadly with the man of my dreams or indeed with the man of my nightmares but with a giant black and white spider. I only caught a glimpse of it disappearing behind the furniture when I came into the room but it was enough. I knew it was dangerous - you do don't you - I knew that it would be waiting until the darkest part of the night to jump out, grow to the size of an elephant and eat me - well they do don't they!! I considered ge...

Well the real adventure starts. Left PP very early (before breakfast) first stop was a road side cafe which served beef and noodles - I was skeptical that I would like them for breakfast but they were great and just what I needed. The journey was through very green and sometimes flooded fields (not as many as there should be, this has been a very dry wet season so far). Every village had a Wat that was decorated in a traditional way. On the way we stopped and ha...