Goodbye Bangkok! Once again I will bid farewell to Bangkok, however I'm pretty certain it won't be for the last time. I certainly want to return to Laos in High season, so as Bangkok is the gateway to South East Asia, I'm sure I'll be back. I have decided to go and visit Ayutthaya for a couple of days with my Spanish friends, before we go our separate ways and I begin my journey south to the Beaches. Yesterday we paid Chinatown a visit, and it did remind me a...

I've been back in Bangkok a day and it feels so strange to be somewhere where I know my surroundings so well. It was wonderful to meet up with my former work colleague Aimi. It was great to see a friendly face from back home and nice to catch up as I hadn't seem her for 5 years. I hope she really enjoys her life out here & if you're reading this Aimi, good luck with the jewellery! Despite heavy rainfall, I went out to meet two Spanish ladies who I met on th...

Welcome home! After an early start and a shower incident with a giant sized moth, I have arrived back at my spiritual home in South East Asia; Bangkok. Apart from having to wake at 5am to catch an 8am flight, the journey here was hassle free. I flew with Lao Airlines for the second time on this trip. Once again it was a small plane with propellers. Fortunately there were only around 15 people on a plane that holds around 100, which made it a very pleasant jou...

Not so celebrity master chef (Thai style). I've Had another fantastic day today in Bangkok despite monsoon season well and truly living up to it's name. For once the heavy thunder & rain didn't bother me as it was the day I enrolled on the "Silom Thai Cooking School!!" What a fantastic experience this was. It began at a local Market where our very camp and sarcastic tutor taught us the meaning of a variety of spices & herbs. We then went back to his s...

I've literally only been here 24 hours and I have already fallen in love with Thailand!! Today has been the most fantastic day. A Japanese girl has had the pleasure of my company (for all her sins!) but despite her broken English and my non existent Japanese it has been great to have a companion for the day (beats sightseeing on your own!) We started off with breakfast come lunch in a Thai Market costing 30 Baht (50B = £1) Then we went on a riverboat north to...