Left Ko Samui, on the Gulf of Thailand this this morning. Spent 3 days there soaking up the sun. I spent most of today travelling via; minivan, ferry, bus, minivan, ferry...finally arriving on... the Andeman Coast and the island of Ko Phi Phi. I have been to both these islands 20 years ago and the changes are incredible!!! I will upload pic's and more blog later...feeling a bit ill.

It's island hopping for the next for the next few weeks...the first stop is Koh Chang..a tropical island near the Cambodian boarder. I have until the 16th before heading to Bangkok and on to East Africa, so I plan to hit a few islands and beaches until then. Yesterday, I volunteered at the Koh Chang Animal Foundation, pretty much a one woman show. I expected to stop in and play with some fur balls and maybe a bit of dog washing for a few hours. To my surprise, a...

I arrived today in Vientiane, after spending several days in Vang Vieng, aka; Bizzaro! Vang Vieng is a smallish village between LP and Vientaine with gorgeous scenery, caves to explore along with rafting, tubing etc. It has become a major backpaker hang out, I would have loved it 20 years ago. I am always up for a good time but I think there is more going on here than the BeerLao... The oddest aspects of the place are the TV bars. These bars line the two or t...

Merry Christmas from Laos! It took two full days on the slow (and crowded) boat from Thailand, up the Mekong to Luang Prabang. The journey was actually very pleasant with lovely scenery and the occasional stop in a small remote village to drop off or pick up the odd passenger. Luang Prabang is a wonderfully serene little city. Having arrived in the early evening on Christmas Eve with nowhere to stay, I decided to splurge and treat myself to a really nice gu...

I've been quite busy here in Chiang Mai over the past few days. Yesterday I took a day trek that, although it sound cheesy, was really fun! We started with an elephante ride through the jungle, followed by lunch, then on for an hour trek to a small village then trekked on to a fabulous waterfall. As if all that wasn't enough we were then driven on to a river for some fairly serious white water rafting! It was all good. I went to the night bazaar for dinner. ...