Wanderingsheds

This will probably be one of my last entries until the next trip. With just a few days left, I am back in Bangkok awaiting my flight home. Rather than move around too much, I went south to Kho Pha-Ngan and stayed put for the last few weeks. Quite literally really. The journey down was the usual for travelling in Asia. I was supposed to be picked up at six, which turned out to be half seven. A bus journey that lasted until five the following morning with a single stop. Followed by three hours of waiting for another bus for an hours journey to the ferry. A couple of hours on the ferry, and then finally a songthaew to the resort I was staying at in Haad Gruad on the west coast, arriving around two ... read more

I spent maybe a week and a half in Bangkok. Days lazing by the pool, or wandering the streets watching the world go by. Evenings were usually spent at one makeshift roadside bar or another. The pace of life slow, my will to do anything exciting low. I had several pleasant evenings talking to a couple from Bristol, and and a couple of teachers from London. As they were all heading down south, I decided to follow and head down to Karon Beach - Phuket to get out of Bangkok, and maybe get myself a tan. I wasn't too hopeful as usually this is the rainy season on the Anderman Coast. I had also heard reports of travellers heading back to Bangkok as it had been raining constantly down here. Not the usual hour a day, ... read more

It's been a while, but then there hasn't been much to tell really. From Phnom Penh I travelled south to Kampot. A sleepy little town just off the coast. The town is small, with little of interest for me. The riverfront is rather nice, with something I haven't really seen in Cambodia rising behind the river.. Hills! Normally I wouldn't be so excited by the sight of a hill, but Cambodia is flat, flat, flat. Generally the scenery doesn't change much. Large skies, and rice paddies fill the window of whatever bus I am travelling in. So hills made for a pleasant change. The bus down to Kampot broke down. This time it was compressed air leaking from the accelerator. At least that's what it sounded like. And the fix was some gaffa tape and string. ... read more

It was just a couple of days in Battambang for me. The call of Phnom Penh was drawing me. I went out for the day in Battambang and visited the Killing Caves and on the advice of my favourite 'sexy man' I went to the Bamboo Railway. Just before I got on the tuk-tuk that I had arranged, the heavens opened. I was sitting outside thinking that the trip would have to be called off. The tuk-tuk driver appeared whilst I was eating my lunch and told me that it would be fine, the weather was going the other way. Lo and behold he was right. After I had finished my lunch, the rains had stop and we were ready to go. Normally I wouldn't just book a tuk-tuk, but the sights are all out of ... read more

Oh my Buddha! Really that is all I should say. Today I went to see Angkor Wat, Along with Angkor Thom and Ta Prohm. The place is absolutely amazing, and none of my photos will do it the slightest justice. If you are in Asia and have time, come and see this wonderful place. My second piece of advice is that unless you have a job that requires lots of walking, then I wouldn't recommend doing this by foot (Which of course I did!). I had already gauged how long it would take to do this by foot, when I walked to the ticket office yesterday in the hottest part of the afternoon. It was overcast when I left the hostel, but as soon as I was on the way, the sun decided to come out. ... read more