Bangkok is hot, hot, hot!! We are here but I don't have much time to write.  We arrived safely, got quite drunk last night and spent today wandering around the city looking at the temples and markets.  It is absolutely boiling, not sunny, just really hot and humid it makes walking around looking at everything quite difficult. I a...

Day 22 - Arrival in Bangkok - my plane landed early afternoon and I collected my bag and after a bit of searching and asking people, found the Express Bus Service to Khao San Road.  The airport is gloriously air conditioned and felt the same as Hong Kong, but when you step out of the revolving doors it hits you! Once at Khao San Road I h...

Entry 27 of a trip titled: 'Playing' with lions, bathing with elephants and into the unknown... my journey to find somewhere that fits and delay 'real life' a little longer!

Please follow me while I help the lion cubs (and some adults! Grrr!), get to know the elephants and then venture into the unknown (but only 'cos I didn't really decide that part yet!). Rough guideline? Lanseria, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Singapore, overland up to Thailand and back down again, Australia, New Zealand... home (with poss stops in Fiji and the U.S!). Estimated time away? 2 years! I hope you enjoy it as much as I think I will and I'm open to you joining me at anytime! I want a travel-buddy!

Entry 30 of a trip titled: 'Playing' with lions, bathing with elephants and into the unknown... my journey to find somewhere that fits and delay 'real life' a little longer!

Please follow me while I help the lion cubs (and some adults! Grrr!), get to know the elephants and then venture into the unknown (but only 'cos I didn't really decide that part yet!). Rough guideline? Lanseria, Dubai, Sri Lanka, Singapore, overland up to Thailand and back down again, Australia, New Zealand... home (with poss stops in Fiji and the U.S!). Estimated time away? 2 years! I hope you enjoy it as much as I think I will and I'm open to you joining me at anytime! I want a travel-buddy!

Hello Bangkok, sunshine, friendly people and a huge sigh of relief. Unbeknown to us we had conveniently arrived on Thai New Year.  In the taxi from the airport we were told "Some splashing water today", cool we thought.  Drop bags off at hotel and get in auto rickshaw... driving down the street we proceed to get ambushed on either s...

Bangkok...well what can I say. I have to say I'm writing this now from my second trip to bangkok. whenever flying internationally you almost always have to fly from bangkok making it the beginning and the end to any journey in Thailand and most of SE Asia for that matter. but the first time i was here it sucked! Maybe it was culture shock or ...

It takes nearly two hours to get over to Khoa San from my hostel in Sukhumvit.  I got to my first choice of guesthouses (really it's a hotel) at around 10:30 and was able to snag a single room with A/C and hot shower for 450 baht, about $15 bucks a night.  No maid service, mind you. Returning to the old hostel and jockeying my stu...

Arrived here safely our time 7.00am after traveling through the night to get here from Mumbai airport. Few delays at the airport last night but we started our trip to Thailand on the 19th from Cochin airport - popped to Mumbai wondered on the beach there and had a lovely Thai dinner with Elizabeth before we said our goodbyes and parted. Eliz...

Month 1 - Thailand & Laos As its nearley been month since I buggered off to find enlightenment and culture im gonna have to write from memory and the photos I have accumulated up to this point. On Monday October 29th, 2007 I went with my mum and Dad to Heathrow terminal 4 to catch flight Q009 to Bangkok leaving at 9....

Hello to you all! We made it here in one piece and had a tiring but otherwise ok flight.  Stayed in the rather fancy Hotel Dream last night thanks to Charlie and Dan which was fab, and a welcomed introduction to the hustle and bustle of Bangkok.  It's really busy here with something going on at every corner. Debs learnt her first...

We arrived back in Bangkok - again! - this time with very excited feelings in our bellies.  Only a day to go until Anna, Laura, Chris and Craig arrive - so excited!   We arrived at the bus station then hopped straight on another bus back to the Kho San Road, which by now, was pretty familiar territory! When...