falamo bridge - a sight for sore eyes - lets just say with what I saw peopel doing over the side of the bridge you really would not wish to be on a boat underneath - YUK lekki market is the palce to visit - all sorts of wares on sale and the best, freshest fruit and veggies night fighters - Pats Bar, Why nots - notorious bars that of course are worthy of a visit shopping centres are suprisingly western and modern [View Full Entry]

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plenty of shopping plenty of eating and of course plenty of drinking [View Full Entry]

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siem reap hotels are plentiful but a bit pricey - BUT smart markets are brilliant and cheap bars/restaurants are great and of course there is a great buzz about the town ankgor wat is of course as brilliant as it looks other temples are equally captivating [View Full Entry]

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Bangkok Kings temple Reclining Buddha [View Full Entry]

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save your money head to Sri Lanka Male - airport is the most exciting thing that happens expensive is the key word for the Maldives even to get to islands from the airport costs a small fortune but at least aboard a speed boat captive audience within the hotel/resort and so expect to be ripped off [View Full Entry]

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Tehran to Esfahan on a train - what an experience. If you think Immigration control at Heathrow is a nightmare, trying to get on this train was hell - talk about suspicious guards! Not the most comfy trip BUT a good experience and cheap great hotel BUT toilet mosques/architecture are beautiful markets are plentiful with all sorts of tat on sale friendly people practising their English on you is a nice and welcome interaction [View Full Entry]

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simorgh/raamtin Hotels are both great on the famous Valias avenue parks/street so green and so clean earthquakes can be a worry and Tehran is poised for a big one any day the mountain range of Damarvand with Tehran sitting on the foothills is a great escape out of city life. Good ski resorts and just great open space speed traps are a popular past time of Iranian police [View Full Entry]

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Lahore was a birthday treat, 2 colleagues and I stayed at the Avari Hotel Lahore - highly recommed it Murray beer = very nice and especially nice as it is really forbidden in Pakistan so relaxed and easy to walk about the city lads playing cricket straddling main roads - every open space = cricket Waga is the place to visit - the border crossing between India and Pakistan [View Full Entry]

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2 nights in Colombo - a little jolly from Pakistan Sri Lankan Airways - very poor but I accept it was not their high profile route we took - Karachi, Mumbai, Colombo! Mount Lavinia hotel Train rides are cheap and fun Galle Face - cool place to chill out [View Full Entry]

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WOW first impressions of Karachi are hot and dusty. For an Englishman I was all disturbed at the lack of rain. In three months of being in Pakistan it did not rain once - whats that all about!! I was based in the Clifton area of town and was suitably impressed by the life style. Some great restaurants about with a nice mix of cuisine. Clifton boasts a very smart shopping centre too with everything you could ever wish for - sadly even a McDonlads is there. I was warmed by the friendliness of the locals though got a bit bothered [View Full Entry]

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