Not a lot to say today. tom left yesterday and got home safely today. Sad to see him go, but i guess proper people with proper jobs can't afford the time to bum around like us unemployed-travel-scum!! went on a walking tour today (free!!) guided by myself!! Perhaps slightly less informative than if i'd paid for one, but interesting neverthless!! Saw lots of temples - too many temples - sick of them!! Think i might have to buy a book on buddhism to under...

Settled into Bangkok now - I like it here - it's really busy and there are so many back-packers!! Loads of markets and bars and clubs and lots of historic sites! Main drawback is that all the Thai people try to rip you off ALL the time - but I guess they would since a very large portion of their economy is based on tourism and Westerners are generally much better off. After the terrible train journey we went to sleep. Our room was very nice and the hotel was...

Have officially had the worst train journey of my life!! Be prepared for a rant............ We decided that the train was the best option to get to Bangkok since the airport was awkward to get to and the flight times were rubbish. So we planned the timings of the taxis, ferry, bus, tuk-tuk and trains to get us here this morning for about 9. The train journey would take 12 hours and we were going to get a sleeper train, leaving at 8pm last night (sleeping in...

Haven't written for a while - been very busy, still alive though. Took us 6 hours to get from the highlands to Penang - very tiring. Arrived in Penang on Sunday and it was really hot in comparison to the highlands. wasn't that keen on Penang - was dirty and smelly and there were lots of prostitutes (think we were staying in the slightly dodgy bit of town). There were also lots of very poor people sleeping on the streets - they looked half starved. We went up...