We have just an amazing 8 hours around Cambodia. The day started at 5 am to get to Angkor Wat for the sunrise. Our Tuc Tuc drive, Ang picked us up at 5 30am and after we had bought our tickets we headed for the temple. There were already a lot of people waiting for the sunrise. We had been told the sun would rise about 6 45am, but we decided to explore as it was getting very light and cloudy so didn’t think much else would happen. Angkor Wat is an amazing ...

We have just spent the last 5 days in a truly magical place. It is an Island called Koh Tao off the East coast of Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand. It is only slightly bigger than 21 square kilometers and is called Turlte island - How cool. Unfortunately did not see any turtles. We headed there as I wanted to dive and hopefully get my Open Water PADI licence and Sue wanted to chill out and relax. To quickly explain, I had met up with Claires mum (Sue) who wa...

After arriving in Bangkok I decided to head more into the countryside. I caught a minibus which took me about 3 hours North East to a town called Kanchanaburi. It is where they have the river Kwai - pronounced like square but without the s. I found some accommodation which was very basic and was without air conditioning. Can i just say although it was cheap, if any of you go traveling - GET AIR CON - barely slept the first night and will spare you the details...

Well it has been a few days since the last blog report. I have some time now in Bangkok so will do my best to update what has happened. Since then quite a lot has happened. We traveled to Hong Kong which took about 13 hours by train and we left to see the Giant Buddha. However we arrived a bit to late as they said we could pay the 20 pounds to go up in the cable car but the Buddha would be shut - it took us a really long time to decide that one. One the nig...

Today is Chinese New Year. Unfortunately the weather has turned for the worse. After the fantastic weather we had for the river rafting - it was about 27 degrees - it is now a fresh 6 degrees with wind. We headed to another part of the Li River for another boat ride, this time motor powered. It was just a little cold for most of the group and they huddled together for warmth. The scenery was stunning, these hills seem to go on forever. We started at the p...