We had a great time on our last two dives, a wreck dive and a night dive. Saw loads of big scary lobsters and shat our pants. Also, we forgot to put in last time that we also saw a turtle on one of our previous dives, and that it was COOL. Soon after our dives, we jumped onto the 16hr train and 2hr bus to Bangkok, where we are now. We have just finished buying goodies, throwing out all fake ralph lauren t-shirts and packing our bags. We leave for the airport in ...

Ok. Apologies for not writing in some time, heres a breif overview of the last however many days: We finished (and passed) our open water diving course in Koh Tao. Our last two dives were incrudible, we had such a good time messing around under the sea, blowing bubbles and chasing fish. Everyone in our group saw a shark, but we both missed it as we were otherwise occupied with an underwater game of rock paper skizzorz. Zoe won. She has also now managed to convin...

Herro!! Happy valentines day. Now we've done the formalities, heres about our trip. We enjoyed our couple of days in Bangkok, it was relaxing returning to a place we had been to before. We stayed in the same great place as last time, where they provide a menu for the restraunt downstairs, in your room. Incredibly useful. We 'shopped untill we dropped' (almost) on Khao San Road, filling our small daybags with fake boardshorts, ralph lauren polo shirt...

Herro! We shall begin with the highlight of our stay in Vang Vieng, Tubing. Yes, it was tubing and not eating, for a change. Tubing involves sitting yourself in an inflated tractor tyre inner tube and floating down the Mekong River. Along the way there are conveniently located riverside bamboo bars. These bars have good food, good alcohol and VERY LARGE trapeze-style swings over the river. We perfected the technique of swinging in tandem and both landing in the...

Hello journal. We made it to Laos! We've also made it back into shorts and t-shirts, leaving the snow behind us with China. We spent the last few days in China hiking along Tiger Leaping Gorge. Its the deepest canyon in the world. We're not sure what happened to the grand canyon when we were told that fact. So the walking was scenic, and the locals inbred and insane. Its a shame that for some reason they were constantly blowing up parts of the gorge, the...