I'm in Bangkok again (for about the third time) and actually did some sightseeing here for a change. And I lived inside the MBK mall for a day and bought many shiny things. Anyways in Ko Tao I passed my open water course and had two amazing dives on the last day!! Saw stingrays and puffer fish and a very lost lionfish and I have a great DVD for the whole thing as an underwater cameralady came and filmed us. Went out that night and celebrated and then spent the w...

Hey again I'm in Ko Tao; which be a tiny island paradise where water does not go much below 30c and many coconuts grow. So it's fantastic and scenic and little and friendly with coral reefs and nice beaches and you should all go. I've been scuba diving as well which is incredible - you get a huge rush and feel relaxed at the same time. Since Khao Sok our group took an insane amount of buses and a ferry to Ko Samui which I for some reason really didn't like. Do...

I'm too tired to write an entry right now; overnight train last night, not much sleep, playing in a river all day and tubing down it (ringos for those not familiar :)) and monkey watching. Well all but the last was tiring. I'm in Khao Sok National Park and it's stunning and peaceful and full of strange creatures. It's a big rainforest park with huge limestone mountains - looks a bit like the Three Gorges in China - and it is similar to the blog pi...

Hey again I'm in Thailand now! Been very busy as well. Arrived last Thursday in Bangkok - so much nicer than Delhi - and got hit by some really uncomfortable?humidity. It's been much better since Bangkok. On my first day I wondered round the local area on the skytrain and became lost. Found a big shopping mall and for some reason went to an aquarium??? Then I went to the best cinema in the World which had reclining bedchairthings and blankets and service!...

Got to Singapore! Flight was great, Singapore Airlines are fantastic and I met a couple of Australian monks who'd been on a pilgrimage to Sri Lanka! Quite a classy way to go on a pilgrimage.  Singapore completely dissorientated me for the first day. I guess I got some sort of reverse culture shock from India. There was no dirt, rickshaws, no-one was beeping their horns, it was humid and everything here looks, well is, very futuristic. I got ...