Greetings to all from Ko Pha Ngan, We travelled here yeasterday by taxi, train, coach, boat and then the back of a truck, sleeping overnight on the train (Though I didn't sleep very well cos I was on top bunk - about six feet off the floor so I was scared I would fall off and kill myself, or at least, the people lying below me) Ko Pha Ngan is beautiful. We have a hut right on the beach, amongst the palm trees, the hammocks, the white sands and the clear...

I have just eaten a grasshopper. omg!... and a maggot... On the bonus side the vendor guy did add salt and vinegar. It started out as a dare. we were out with London Dan, who we managed to catch up with since he was in the area. anyways, we'd all drank a lot of alcohol. We'd all inhaled a lot of helium (balloons). And so started to play our own game of the bush tucker trial. Afraid we all chickened out of eating beatles or cockroaches, but we did manage to c...

Hello all, greetings from Bangkok, The flight over went pretty well; Dean and I had a full row of seats to ourselves and were provided with plenty of refreshments, though we didn't take advantage of the free supply of alcohol (There's restraint for you!) We were met at the Bangkok airport by a tour rep called 'Apple', who pronounced my name as 'Lamb' (?) We were then dropped at our accommodation, the 'Asia hotel', which was a pretty classy joint with c...