Bali Drawn by 750 fully formed horsepower we battered our way through the waves from Meno to Bali in 2 in a speed boat for 2 hours. Susan had to take a sickness pill and fell asleep missing our arrival under the looming presence of volcano mount Angung. The first thing that strikes us about Bali is that it is different to the countries that we have been to before. They plant palm trees along the side of the rice fields. They burn straw in the fields in in the e...

Bonus blog The more geographically aware among you will have realised that we have passed through Chang Mai in Thailand twice and haven't written a word about it. The main reason for this is that our computer broke down the first time we passed through and I was being lazy the second time. It might help with the narrative if you were to revisit the Chang Mai pictures. I'm writing this on our 6 hour bus ride between Phmon Pen and Siam Reip so it's a good chance t...

Bangkok Birthay Blitz After a 7 hour drive from Siam Reip we arrived in Bangkok for the final time in the late afternoon. Most of us took the opportunity to relax before our big final night out together. Back into Tuk tuks and off to Khoa San Road for our final dinner as a group. I ordered soft bone chicken but Mel, who is deaf in one ear, thought I had ordered soft porn chicken. We then decided to write a script for a soft porn movie involving chickens (rooste...

Bangkok Birthay Blitz After a 7 hour drive from Siam Reip we arrived in Bangkok for the final time in the late afternoon. Most of us took the opportunity to relax before our big final night out together. Back into Tuk tuks and off to Khoa San Road for our final dinner as a group. I ordered soft bone chicken but Mel, who is deaf in one ear, thought I had ordered soft porn chicken. We then decided to write a script for a soft porn movie involving chickens (rooste...

Siam Reip, Cambodia If it weren't for the Angkor Wat temple complex, Siam Reip would be a sleepy backwater that no-one ever went to. Instead, in the evening, it is a heaving mass of tourists in search of cheap drink, cheap food and cheap trinkets. Incredibly, just as we stepped off our bus at Angkor Wat we bumped into Andy Martin, Fiona's old boy friend. We met up again in the evening and had a catch up session over a few drinks. The temple complex, of which...