Hi, Three days ago I arrived here in Ho Chi Minh which is a very cool place. Lotsa action and bustle with frequent near misses by the suicidal moto drivers who rule the road. There's fantastic alleyways to get lost in and then stop for food outside a locals house. Not sure many westerners do this as I get some very odd looks. Maybe it's only a local thing but the amount they rip me off I don't think they mind too much. And yesterday, I was continually hass...

so tim left me with nothing to do for 18hours at bangkok airport while he flew off to HK, separating a glorious partnership that has been going since april. so i arrived in phnom penh in cambodia yesterday morning and was promptly thrown into a very bizarre visa application system then a bombardment of people offering taxis into the city centre. after opting for a decent looking one we drove off towards darkest phnom penh, the capital of cambodia. after find...

Hello, I'm in Siem Riep in NW Cambodia at the moment and have been for 4 or 5 days. After finding a hostel with suitable hammocks, I spent 2 days doing nowt all really except wandering, eating, seeing some temple ceremonies and some more eating. Last 2 days have been spent at Angkor which is truly awesome. Temples I saw include Angkor Wat, Bayon (Loads and loads of massive stone faces on towers), Preah something which is being eaten by the jungle like in the...

Hey Ok its been a while sice i put stuff on this, or atleast thats the way it feels, seeing as i never seem to get enough sleep so it all just blurs into one long long epic. Ok since Chengdu i headed over to Xi'an which is one of my favourite places so far in china, i saw the Terracotta warriors and did a load of cool stuff. Infact i never really seemed to get away from Xi'an cos stuff kept popping up, like no train spaces, or everyones goin out or my birt...

Hi, no idea what the pic is about. Gotta be quick as have 2 mins 10 sec left and getting bitten to sh1t by all the bl**dy mosquitos. Now in Cambodia after relaxing in a hammock for 3 days on an island in middle of the Mekong river in Laos. Long trip and got completely covered in orange dust. Lovely! Anyway, just to say all is going great. Will update more when have more repellent. oh it itches Chris