Whoa...step away from the grimy streets and the strong aromas of spices, wee and rubbish left out on the streets of Bangkok, and re-enter civilisation, and clean streets, where even chewing gum is considered an illegal substance. That's right, Singapore. We boarded a morning flight, and arrived in the country early afternoon. We checked into a hostel in the district of Little India, which was OK. We would be sharing a room with seventeen others, and with only tw...

Well here I am and finally up to date on my blog. Back in Bangkok, for the third time now, and it's now beginning to feel like a saftey net in a way, somewhere that I'm beginning to get to know a little vetter each time I visit. So, with today being my birthday, we decided to make it to the tiger temple for the day. It certainly hasn't felt like a birthday, but thanks to those for the cards etc, I appreciate it. But then again, I don't particularly want to age an...

The following morning we were headed for the party island home to the legendary Full Moon Parties - Koh Phan-gan. An early start, and a half ten, one hour boat ride across to it's neighbouring smaller island, we arrived, sweaty and tired. Our hotel was located in the north-west of the island, known to be a small cove that was once inhabited by pirates. We had booked this before commencing our trip through recommendations, as full moon parties are a sell out event...

So it was finally time for some full on beach action, and Koh Samui was the destination of choice. We bussed it there, as the flight cost a fortune, and the bus and ferry were less than fourteen pound - not bad for a fifteen hour journey. The journey, which would have been a fifty minute flight, seemed to take far longer than intended, and from the offset it became clear that we weren't paying for convenience or ease of travel.The bus was meant to arrive at six. ...

Martin and Lucy had safely arrived, and bizarrely it felt perfectly normal to be meeting them in a hotel in Bangkok. Showered, changed and hello'ed out, we went to dinner and caught up on events. We didn't have any specific plans for the next couple of days, so we played it by ear mostly. On our fitrst day, we decided to sample the local transports - river boat, skytrain and tuk tuk. We were heading for the shopping mecca, aka MBK - a huge department store host ...