I think the word to describe how I feel now i'm back, is 'battered'. I didnt really get any sleep on the flight, but had plenty of time to reflect and think about my trip. I made a few calculations... After travelling through 7 countries on 5 planes, 4 trains, 4 buses, 3 speedboats, 4 slowboats, several taxi's and tuktuks and 1 pushbike I managed to cover over 16,400 miles. Ive had some really brilliant and amazing times, but also some really really hard, and ...

I woke up this morning late, and really didnt want to get out of bed. I decided I needed to see Singapore though, I hadnt come all this way to miss it. I made it into town on a local bus, to a place called 'suntec city' which is basically a massive shopping complex. I had read that Ducktours went from here, its a bus thats also a boat, so it can go on land and water. I think they have them in Liverpool and London. This way I got to see the harbour and the city. ...

I had a good flight to Singapore and have started to feel a lot better after last nights escapades. Im really starting to feel worn out though now. Emotions have been everywhere, and Im getting tired of living out of a bag, so will actually be glad to get home and see everyone and get some home comforts. I wanted to go and see Singapore at night, but im just going to go to bed, lots to see tomorrow, my flight is at after 8pm, so have a full day - to see everythi...

I managed to get away from Bottle Beach and back to Koh Samui to try and change my flights home. I realised I had 2 choices. Either go back to Bangkok and fly home from there, or fly to Singapore as planned and then home. Either way, all my flights needed changing, and I had 3! It became clear that by the time I got to Koh Samui I had missed any chance of leaving until the following day, which meant I would actually only get back to the UK 1 day ahead of the orig...

After an 18 hour journey, by super duper best ever including working aircon blankets and a toilet on board - bus, a ferry, a taxi and a longtail taxi boat, I arrived in paradise. This is what I had been waiting for. You can only access this beach by boat, and was supprised, but also glad that no-one else was heading this way. This is a place called 'Hat Khuat' aka 'Bottle Beach'. I have no idea why it was called bottle beach, as the only bottles I found had beer...