It was a very long journey indeed to get back to Bangkok last night, it was actually made worse by the driver getting arrested for speeding after we'd crossed the border. 2 hours wait at the border and a police run in turned the 8 hour journey into a 12 hour journey. Booking into the hostel I soon discovered that I was sharing a dorm room with 6 blokes mostly Irish or from various points in the UK. I wouldn't have minded so much if it hadn't been for the fact th...

Bangkok, what can I say, a city where just about everything goes for the right price. My last night in Bangkok I will admit was a little hazy, something to do with a couple of Norwegian guys and something called a Chang tower...The tower being just one of the apparent bad ideas they put into my head. The other was that bugs taste like chips...they don't. My winged friend tasted chewy if nothing else...McCain would not be happy if their chips tasted that way that'...

After a gruelling flight over from London and a quick stop over in the Militarised zone known as Mumbai I had arrived in Bangkok, much much hotter than the rainy days I had left behind in the UK. There was me, whiter than a sheet with a hoodie on...I did not think this through. At 7 am local time it was already a whopping 28 degrees outside. Having heard about all of the potential scams I was about to face, I took Bangkok head on with a pinch of salt. Being so t...