Sorry its taken a few days for an update but I've been relaxing too much! Firstly - Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a brilliant time seeing in 2006! We were on Hat Railay beach, Krabi and spent the day cruising round the islands snorkling and sunbathing! Then we watched the sunset on the beach and had a massive feast of fresh seafood. We headed to some bars on the backpackers side of Railay, but it was pretty quiet and everyone who was out was either ...

Hey folks! Just a quick update... We eventually got to the lovely sandy beaches of Krabi around lunch time after a bus ride from 7pm-5am, being dropped in the middle of nowhere for 4 hours and then another bus, and then finally a little boat that we had to wade out to with our packs on! BUT ITS HOT AND SUNNY!! wahoo!!! (although it does tend to rain in the afternoon for 10 mins!) We are staying here for New Year although its a bit of a honey...

Back in Bangkok now, such a change from Cambodia! We drove from Siem Reap to the border and it only took 5 hours. Now you might be thinking, 5 hours? thats ages. Especially when you hear the distance is about 150km. But about a month ago it would have taked about 9 or 10 hours. The road has been levelled a bit more though so we were lucky!! Still pretty tiring though! We had our final group dinner last night and this evening myself, Kim, Kate, Katie and Chri...

Merry Christmas!! Now the festivities are over i\'ll update you on my Cambodian christmas! Christmas Eve - Got into Siem Reap in the morning and shopped at the markets. After lunch, a few of us decided to go give blood at the local childrens hospital that was set up by a Swiss doctor to give free treatment to children, esp those with Dengue fever. However as it is against their religion, many Khmer people will not give blood so they rely on tourists. Th...

Hello everyone, We visited Toul Sleng Genocide museum and then the killing fields. There is no way of describing how it felt to visit the places where thousands and thousands of Cambodians had been killed for no reason, and all in the past 30 years. The killing fields were really peaceful, but you walk around and over the bones and clothes of those killed. Then, amongst it all were several street kids just playing in the fields and it really makes you reali...