http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/WOLFCUB/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from WOLFCUB en-us Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:15 BST Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:08:15 BST just like a bride getting jitters before a wedding ekk coming to the uk has been delayed again. i need more time to consider before i commit the rest of my life to someone. that is exactly how big the decision seems to be. ekk was thankfully certified tb free a few days after my last blog and the certificate has to be used for entry into the uk before december 12th 2008. getting a uk settlement http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central/Bangkok/blog-291994.html PHOTO DIARIES OF LIVING WITH A DRAMA QUEEN... http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central/Bangkok/blog-282074.html one month has now passed since my last blog from laos so time for another one. after leaving laos i crossed by a small boat across the mekong river to the thai town of chiang khong. from there i took a very slow local bus through the byways to the city of chiang rai. i spent one night there sampling the delights of the local night bazaar. went to a couple of extremely bad and sorrowful gay bar http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South/Khao-Sok-National-Park/blog-276474.html i am now in the Laos town of hoay xai in the banks of the mekong river opposite chiang khong in Thailand to where i shall be taking the cross river ferry to tommorrow. since my last blog i spent a few more days in the laos capital vientiane before making my way through northern laos to here via vang viang luang prabang and luang namtha.it cooled down in vientiane after some really bad thun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Ban-Houayxay/blog-268904.html greetings from a very hot and sultry Vientiane capital of Laos. i arrived here on friday leaving my friend Ekk at the thai border at nong khai. we planned to come here together but alas he had to be back in bangkok on tuesday 22nd april for the results if his TB tests. which were.....that he has wait some moreuntil june 10th while they undertake yet more tests in the laboratory as they http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Vientiane/blog-267978.html It is now just 2 days away from the thai new year and i have been back in bangkok for a week. i am staying here until next wednesday ie until after the new year holiday which involves 34 days of water throwing madness from which there is little means of escape. april is the hottest month in thailand so it is some relief but personally having been here at this time on 2 previous occasions http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central/Bangkok/blog-259550.html i have arrived back in thailand and i am now back on Koh Samui after 3 weeks in malaysia.straight after my last blog from penang to which i had travelled to by train from hua hin i spent 10 days in kuala lumpar capital of malaysia. i travelled there from penang island by bus. but it was no ordinary bus but a 'Super VIP' one. probably the most comfortable bus journey ive been on. to give you http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/South/Ko-Samui/blog-252605.html i am now in penang malaysia having travelled here by train from hua hin in thailand overnight last night. since my last blog i have spent time with my mother accompanying her on her holiday to thailand. after that i spent a few days in hua hin rekindling my relationship with ekk.before my mother arrived i had to deal with meeting my friend and nemesis dam again. to say our friendship was ro http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Penang/George-Town/blog-251009.html Im now back in bangkok. arrived here last night after a long day of travelling overland Cambodian shared taxi obligatory border faff then a Thai train from the city of Battambang in Cambodia. however that was nothing compared to the epic endurance test that was the boat from siem reap to battambang that day started bad after being told i would get picked up at my hotel at the ongodly hour of http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central/Bangkok/blog-241732.html now i am in siem reap alone tourist capital of cambodia as it the nearest town to the temples of angkor including ANGKOR WAT. i say that loudly as it reminds me of a crap floating dark ride at blackpool pleasure beach in which me and ekk floated along at 5 miles a hour while various plastic versions of world wonders lit up in front of us while a loud booming scaryish voice would pronounce th http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Angkor/blog-239007.html i have just arrived in sihanounville in cambodia after a 3 month sojourn in thailand. arriving in bangkok at the end of october was a relief after my epic overland journey from england. the first week i spent enjoying the nightlife of bangkok though it didnt go exactly to plan. i ended up spliting with my partner of 4 years Ekk. my decision though still not sure it was the right one the next http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/West/Sihanoukville/blog-214951.html GOT TO THAILAND AT LAST I HAVE MANAGED TO UPLOAD PICS TO THE PREVIOUS BLOG AS WELL SO TAKE A LOOK...i arrived in thailand from pakxe in laos this morning. about to take a 12 hour overnight train from here in the city of ubon ratchathani in north east thailand to bangkok. i went straight to the station to book the ticket when i arrived here. they only had 1ST CLASS AIR CON SLEEPER left which http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Northeast/Ubon-Ratchathani/blog-212841.html i have now reached the relative calm of the relaxed city of savannakhet in southern laos having escaped the motorcycle and other madness that is vietnam earlier today.. vietnam is despite its smallish geographic area the 11th most populous country in the world and it feels like it people everywhere still it is the most enjoyable place so far on this trip.i spent 4 days in hanoi good t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/North-Central-Coast/Hue/blog-210270.html i am now in a hot and sultry hanoi capital city of vietnam having arrived this morning from a much colder beijing via a 36 hour train journey. was glad i could view rural china from the comfort of my sleeper cabin rather than having to endure it for real ive done china before in 2004 and didnt like the experience much.... anything worth seeing is usually swarmed over by large uncouth domest http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Hanoi/blog-208487.html i have finally got round to uploading some pics to my previous blogs took me the best part of 2 hours in my ill state on the fastest internet i could find so take a look if you wanthave been in UB a week now will be leaving on the direct morning train on saturday to beijing. will have to stock up on some edible provisions for the whole journey this time ie two lunches 1 dinner and 1 brea http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Terelj/blog-207466.html now in mongolia home to genghis khanspoke to soon about the weather not being that bad in irkutsk the next day was really siberian well below zero and a biting wind that cuts right though all layers of clothing. lake baikal was a great sight took the bus there on wednesday morning about 1 hour from irkutsk. got out of the bus at the lakeside village and was taken aback by not only the view b http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar/blog-205651.html well here i am in irkutsk in the southern part of eastern Siberia. have now travelled further east than bangkok just this is the nearest city to lake Baikal the deepest and most ancient lake in the world nearly 6000 feet deep. the lake is about 60kms from here. i plan to go there tommorrow. it is a freshwater lake with the only freshwater seals in the world....this morning i arrived on t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Siberia/Irkutsk/blog-203938.html here i am in russia. left warsaw last thursday. it was interesting to visit everything was reconstructed from ruins after wwII. the oldest parts were rebuilt in exactly the same style as before though it is very hard to tell. despite the ketchup incident and a spat with a photo shop guy who accused my camera memory card of giving his computer a virus when i asked him to make a cd from it it was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Saint-Petersburg/blog-203376.html 5 days into trip and this is my last night in warsaw. 1st night last saturday was in amsterdam after an uneventful ferry from harwich. everywhere in amsterdam was really packed out being a saturday night. i went to a couple of gay bars didn't stay long in either as far too packed. also smoking in bars is still unfortnuately ok in the rest of europe it seemscaught an early train on sunday to be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Masovia/Warsaw/blog-201557.html well the time has finally come to leave on my one way ticket to oblivion. im setting off from harwich on saturday 8th september travelling by train through northern europe russia mongolia china vietnam and cambodia to bangkok don' t plan on coming back anytime soon going to attempt to start a TEFL career starting in Thailand. going to both a 2 week TESOL and a 4 week CELTA course in ban http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Suffolk/blog-199370.html