Things like having a stable base, an place you consider 'home', something to keep you occupied that isn't another temple and some friends who aren't going to take a flight out of the country the day after you meet them, are all things that anyone who's been backpacking for a while is going to value. What's even better, though, is when your 'home' happens to be Phnom Penh, and your occupation is spending time with a group of awesome kids at at an orphanage that you just can't get enough of. And to top it all off - being a member [View Full Entry]

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this site has managed to wipe all of my blog entries so far . new entry coming soon... [View Full Entry]

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text missing! enjoy the photos for now - I might try and re-write it later. [View Full Entry]

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his is kinda an old entry I wrote most of a while back. stuff about cambodia soon I hope!- The last entry ended in Chiang Mai, the northern thailand captial. I've spent most of the time from then till now in chiang mai, although right now I'm on the border between thailand and cambodia, having taking consecutive busses for 15 hours to get here! As usual with border towns theres little to do here - so a good chance to catch up with the blog. The rest of thailand was as awesoime (perhaps more so), as the first half. I wish [View Full Entry]

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Firstly - all photos are up on - http://s60.photobucket.com/albums/h14/jonnyglewington/ seeing as this site has stingy upload limits! After the 24 hour traffic jam that was bangkok - I decided it was time to see something a bit more rural. So on tuesday I made it my mission to stay somewhere as remote and none touristy as I could find! I left bangkok on an express train to sawankhalok, accompanied by an Icelandic guy that I met in bangkok who also couldn't stomach the noise. On the train we sat near to a monk, who showed us some small wooden figures [View Full Entry]

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Well, with a massive subscriber list of two people this is the beginning of the definitive account of my travels round Thailand and Cambodia. All the regular stuff first: flight was long and boring, been in bangkok since I arrived, had two massages and one hangover (ongoing!) and a good time last night. Bangkok is a crazy city - full of market stalls on about every street selling everything possible - from fruit shakes to fake jeans. The mix of people is as awesome as any Asian city - last night I spoke to a Nepalese businessman in transit between Guangzhou [View Full Entry]

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