Time to move again! After 3 superb days in Bangkok, it's time to hit the road again. I'm not travelling far this time, slightly south and east of Bangkok is a beach resort called Pattaya. Finally I get to realise my dream of lying on a Thai beach. All be it Thailand's answer to Blackpool, but a beach nevertheless. I had a fantastic night out in Khao San Road last night. In the group was a Japanese girl, a Thai girl, 2 German lads and a Chinese guy with an Iris...

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...

Greetings from Bangkok! I have safely and surely touched down in Bangkok and am currently taking the train to the hostel in the Silom district. Flight was painless (my first ever flight that didn't involve a British airport). I was chatting to a lady from Shanghai which passed the journey in no time. I flew through immigration. As a British citizen I didn't have the hassle of completing a "visa on arrival" form (rule Britainia!!) Bag was out of reclaim in no ...