After travelling for more than 3 months without any real time to recharge my batteries it was time to get some R&R.  Well, for five days anyway.  I arrived in Koh Phangan from Bangkok via a long bus ride and a 3 hour boat trip feeling a little tipsy.  My plan whilst in Koh Phangan was to just chill out and rest my weary body, but for some reason me and a few other people thought it would be a good idea to spend the 3 hour boat trip drinking bee...

I got my first flight since I first starting travelling from Guilin to Bangkok.  It was delayed but the food they gave me was pretty good for airline food.  I arrived at my hostel at 2 in the morning and I think I may of woken a few people up when I got into the dorm.  It has happened to me a few times so I wasn't really bothered.  The next day I went to Chatuchak weekend market where my old man had his wallet stolen.  Having been pic...

After leaving Phuket having paid a stupid 500 Baht departure tax and another 600 Baht for excess baggage (who travels around the world with less than 15kgs?!) I made it to Kuala Lumpur, all be it a little hacked off with Thai customs and Air Asia.  I arrived in the evening and set about getting some amazing Malaysian grub in my gut.  The Next day me some Aussie I met hanging around the hostel Went to see Batu Caves a few kms north of the city....

I arrived in Guilin after a nightmare 26 hour train journey down from Shanghai (I am so glad i don't have to do anymore mammoth train journeys for a while).  Nobody on the train spoke English and i was the only whitey on the train which meant that everyone stared at me. Anyway, I spent the night in Guilin and made the 1 hour trip down to Yangshao the next day.  The scenery in this neck of the woods is stunning.  Erect nipple like rock form...

After treating myself to a soft sleeper (I deserved it, trust me) for the 18hr (I think) train journey from Xi'an with my Irish travel companions Paul and Linda I arrived in Shanghai early in the afternoon and made my way to my hostel. It wasn't a bad little hostel with a bar and a pool table and it was only a 5 minutes walk to the Bund. I can't really remember what I did when I first got there but in the evening I had stroll along the Bund and sat and looked a...