'It's always good to get yourself into a few situations.' - Dave Barwise The night train to Bangkok was an absolute belter, an easy travelling highlight and one of the most comfortable twelve hours of transit we could have hoped for. Just like the longboat to Burma, travelling overnight in a bed has great merits, something I'd take any day over ...

Bangkok is a city full of diversities and contrasts. Old town blends seamlessly with the new; the modern coexists peacefully with the traditional. But navigating Bangkok traffic is a daunting task and can be exhausting after a few days of sightseeing. What better way to change your pace by exploring a few tourist attractions on Bangkok's easterl...

Et les avions vomissent leurs flots de touristes. Je laisse en thailande des hordes d'etudiants anglosaxons, leurs debardeurs et mini-shorts, venus pour "partyiiiiiiiiiiig" dans les iles du sud, leurs cuites quotidiennes a la biere et au whisky thai, leurs rassemblements dans des guettos touristiques ou l'on trouve les guesthouses, les agences d...

Everything seems/is fine. Got the bus to Khoa San rd and got a single room at New Siam GH. Not bad. Went out walking, grab something to eat and had a beer. Went to bed early, really eaxhausted!

1. It took several minutes for me to realize the banging gongs and sing-song chants were neither the parade I was dreaming nor my alarm clock. The noise was so loud and persistent it actually roused me at 6:30 AM, after having gone to sleep around 3. I was still too drowsy to be really pro-active about uncovering the source of the noise but I ce...

Well another journey an yet another transport mission! This time the journey was first to Bangkok via catamaran and then connecting coach (took 10 hours) and then by 'sleeper' train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai (another 14 hours). With parts one and two of this plan completed, and having made my way to the station to achieve part 3, things appeare...

Long bus journey back to Bangkok today and the fact that the streets were full of people in yoots dancing and partying made it even longer. It took us and hour and a half to get from one end of street to the other. Everyone just has huge containers of water in the back of yoot and throws it over everyone. I was glad today we were safe behind the...

Day 132 Mon 20th March 2006 Getting a visa for Cambodia I was up early this morning (I know it's been ages!!!), got up at 7am and went across to the Sevi to buy some cereal for breakfast. It seems like ages since I had anything but toast for breakfast. I really enjoyed the change, and can see myself doing that again. Non woke Thomas, Linda and S...

Hi everyone. Now we have left the comforts of Sydney, and are now in Thailand. We had the longest Sydney - Bangkok flight we could imagine, just because of a little aside we made to our travel agent. We made the comment that we would like to arrive in each new city in the morning, to give ourselves a fair chance of reaching a hostel before we wi...

After the flying visit to beautiful Cambodia, it was time for yet another mammoth bus journey and border crossing as we set back off for Bangkok to meet up with Kat again and prepare ourselves for another tough few weeks on the islands. (I was supposed to be in Melbourne 3 days ago by this stage). Decided to trail ourselves off the Khao San Road...