It was a busy three days in Chiang Mai for me.  It wasn't quite as humid as Bangkok in the actual city but it was a great big sweat fest in the jungle.  I had three days here and I had a lot to pack into them but managed to do everything I wanted to.  I had a ride on an elephant (no not Jon's mum Billy) one of the days.  I was going to sit on Dumbo's neck but once I saw the steep hills the poor b***** had to go up and down I though...

I managed to get in this country easy enough but getting out proved to be quite a problem! There's not relly much to say about this place really.  It's just another city and I was pretty bored of cities by the time I got here.  I did the usual tourist things like see the Raffles Hotel and walk up Orchard Road.  I also went to Sentosa Island which is a big tourist magnet with lots of attractions.  The only one that I went to was th...

SPEEDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I hadn't seen anyone in Thailand sporting a pair of these sausage hammocks until I got to Phuket.  I am almost certian that they were all German and over 50.  Someone needs to tell these people that speedos are NOT sexy and do them NO favours.  They look like they are smuggling party sausages (as I write this Right Said Fred is on the radio!  I'm too sexy for my speedos, ...

After a couple of quiet nights in Koh Lanta it was time for me to spend 2 nights in Koh Phi Phi.  Before I get onto what I got up to I would just like to say that the locals have done a fantastic job of rebuilding their homes and lives since the Tsunami completely wiped out the island on the 26th December 2004.  They are by far the most kind, caring, considerate and happy people I have met on my travels so far.  It might not be paradise anymore and...

After my 2 nights at Railey Beach I made my way to Koh Lanta with a stinking hangover.  I really must stop getting drunk the night before I have to do a whole load of travelling the next day.  It's not fun.  I'm struggling to find things to say about Koh Lanta other than it has a really long beach with clear water and it is really quite.  I'm glad I only spent 2 nights here as it seemed to be a place for people on their honeymoon a...