I came to Pattaya to stay with an old good friend of mine, Dan Margetts, which has been a lovely 3night break from 'travelling'! He's made me feel so welcome, I have my own room in his stunning condo, have used the on site beautiful pool, steam room & gym! It's been great! He took me around most of pattaya, I met his 18month old little girl Emily in his other house which is gorgeous! We had a roast dinner in an Irish pub with ALL the trimmings which I've been...

Pai District, Northern Thailand = one of the best places on earth! I loved it here, it's so relaxing, peaceful & beautiful! Pai is a fairly small place surrounded by luscious mountains & greenery. We stayed in a quiet spot and the brother & sister, Ben & Jaae, who ran the guesthouse were so friendly, joyful, helpful & generous making our stay in Pai great! We stayed 4nights to enjoy the relaxation & views. We hired mopeds again, taking tri...

Our reason for heading to Chiang Mai now was so we could see the Loi Krathong lantern festival on 16nov, and spectacular it sure was!The festival goes on for several days,streets are filled with people,food, entertainment, fireworks,then on the Saturday they worship Krathong & thousands of people release big lanterns into the sky,we released 4of our own,the sight was spectacular &quite moving!I enjoyed CM, it's nice & relaxed,beautiful mountain,nice o...

After a very pleasant 1hour flight from siem reap to Bangkok, enjoying a delicious rare beef salad & iced cappuccino, spraying lots of perfume which I've missed & keeping nice and cool in the air conditioned airport, I arrived in Bangkok! The lights & the city looked beautiful whilst flying in at 8pm! We stayed on Khao San Road, the hectic party road, in the D & D Inn where a few friends were staying who we met along the way! It's a fun place with...

Siem reap is a nice place, again with very friendly Cambodian people, they love us & are so welcoming! Our hostel was $4 a night so not the best & very hot indeed in our room but it's cheap!! I've still had this tummy bug so haven't been too well here so we stayed 4nights to give me time to recuperate & feel ok to do Angkor Wat, which we did today! We got up at 430am & had a tuk tuk take us round each temple, the main big ones. We missed a sunrise...