We arrived in Kanchanburi from Bangkok after a 3 hour train ride on what was certainly an authentically retro style train. With its wooden seats and lack of aircon we were glad that 3 hours was all we had to spend on it but it was great to be getting out of Bangkok and into the countryside finally. There was much excitement at spotting real banana trees but not enough to stop me having a lovely nap to while away a fair part of the journey. We arrived and found ou...

We have been basking under the Siam sun for over a week now so this update is more than a little overdue. We landed in Bangkok after a fabulous final day in Japan exploring previously undiscovered corners of Harajuku and finally made some purchases of the obligatory tourist t-shirts which are obviously at the forefront of edgy Japanese fashion. The chaos of Bangkok was rather a shock to the system and at first glance certainly appeared to be the anathema of Tokyo...

Greetings to all and many apologies for my lacksadaisical attitude towards updating (okay so it may not have been necessary in that sentence but I bloody love the word lacksadaisical!) This is a rather sneaky update since I am sitting in the balmy 27 degree night air sipping on lemonade so you may have guessed that we are no longer in Japan and have swapped the chills and organisation of Tokyo for the chaos and heat of Thailand. However, for the sake of posterity...

It's been a couple of days since the last update so we might have a bit of a blog party going on tonight. I realise have to at least attempt to be concise otherwise I fear that you will be fully informed as to every meal I've eaten and the varying state of toilets in every hostel so apologies to all those fans of the toilet commentary! Friday was the day of the fish for us, after a super early wake up at 3:30 am (I'm not even sure that even deserves to be called ...

Day 2 in Tokyo today (don't worry I doubt I'll manage to continue updating on a daily rate for too long!) and although I may not be a connoisseur of huge metropolis' I think Tokyo's got to be the best I've been to! It's insanely clean, I don't think I've managed to spot a single piece of chewing gum on the floor whereas they decorate the pavement lavishly back home. Everyone is incredibly orderly and polite to the point where when waiting for the train/metro they...