It's very lovely here. Beautiful beach, lovely room with amazing view. Hot but with a breeze. Scrumptious healthy food and drinks, a gym, pilates, yoga and exercise classes are abundant and there is also a community table for dinner for those that don't want to have dinner alone - and not to mention wifi throughout if you pay for it. So my perfect spot - ticks all my boxes, but there is something I'm not sure about. Maybe it's slightly bigger and more slick tha...

I decided to do a bit of posh as I am in the area of the big hotels so have popped into the Mandarin Oriental to have lunch and a drink. I was going to do afternoon tea, but it's a really hot and humid today so just fancied a salad and very delicious it was too. The dress code is no flip flops but I spotted a couple of people in them, so just walked in confidently. I will pay more for this lunch than I have the rest of my food in Bangkok so far but it's all about...

Arrived after a few hours waiting around in Hong Kong airport early in the morning (in a Starbucks as the only place open) before getting my Air Asia (Easy Jet equivalent in Asia) to Bangkok. Flight was quick - sat next to two Pilipino missionaries who live in Hong Kong and visited Burma a bit, so got a bit of a low down from them on the country. Arrival in Bangkok was hectic, massive queues at immigration but got through and my pre booked taxi was waiting. For...

Sunday: I'm sat in a hip bar called Snapdragon at Viaduct Harbour drinking a glass of crisp Riesling- not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon. Tina has just left, so what did we get up to? I arrived from Fiji Friday afternoon after my 3.30am (2.30 NZ time) start. The roads to the airport were clear so it was an easy journey and I arrived at the airport really early but lots of queues so time went quickly and I was soon touching down back into Auckland. When I...

Ok so it kept raining which meant the roads all flooded so no one could get to or from the airport - started off at 1.5 m of water and then 3m, I think I was the last one through on Monday and there have been no new guests. I really didn't think I would be able to get to the airport tomorrow but apparently this afternoon the roads opened so I should be able to make it through - although it will mean leaving here at 4am. I've really enjoyed it here, incredibly c...