Saturday 26th November Had another early morning to catch the train to Ayutthaya (the old capital of Siam). Decided to got for 2nd class seats (as opposed to 3rd class) and were pleasantly surprised by the decent leg room and air conditioning. After very many stops on the outskirts of Bangkok we finally got moving and arrived in Ayuthaya an hour and a half later. We then hopped onto the ferry across the river (having avoided the "you wan tuk-tuk" comments...

Bangkok Bonkers. Tuesday 22nd November (Note to reader: I am writing this from a small internet café in Ayuthaya, the weather outside is a roasting 35 degrees, the hottest day so far, I am also nursing a hangover after watching the football last night) Been going for a week and a half now, still feels like a two week holiday though. Spend most of the day travelling, on our way to Bangkok (BK), weather is a pleasant 22 degrees in HK but we are antic...

17th November 2005 Early start from Beijing to HK (flight at 0750) Usual stuff with airports at that time of the morning, shops just opening up and procedures are pretty slow. still we had our supposed chocolate buns from the local bakery in Beijing to look forward to. Unfortunately this chocolate looking substance also seemed to be chestnut so was slightly dissapointed. One thing we have been impreseed with has been Cathay Pacific. More specificall...

Dear all After many months of planning the trip is finally underway. Thought we'd go for a bit of a major culture shock by going to Beijing first of all and yes it was a little bit of a shocker but we coped pretty well. Arrived on Sunday 13th and, determind not to go the easy route, we caught the bus to the main train station in Beijing from the airport and walked to our hotel from there. First impressions didn't dissapoint with hundreds of new high...