seesomething

So after successfully seeing the lads off on their trip we decide after 6 days in the capital of Cambodia of not really doing much, to get out and seesomething. The guesthouse we found to stay in "The Drunken Frog" has a great family and it has been too easy to just spend the days relaxing with them and all the great people we met there. Most of them left on the same day though so we decide to jump on the back of LG and Charlie's bikes to go out to the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek and then on to S21 the prison Back in Phnom Pehn We visit the killing fields at Choeung Ek first, by the end of the day I'm glad we did. The photo's and stories at S21 would've made ... read more

So, Vientiene was not my kind of place but there was a really good motorbike rental company there........................... Jules Classic Rentals. Spent a day or two sorting things out with Uli as we were going to do a 5 day cross country tour of central Laos together. Starting in Vientiane we hired two similar bikes and headed in the direction of the Phu Khoa National park. First day we aim to get to Ban Na Hin, via the Tat Zeuk waterfall, where there is a fantastic lookout ( The Sala) we finally arrived in the late afternoon. After riding on the best road that we will see for our journey, route 13, then onto the 8 en route to the Vietnam border cross at Nam Phao. We turn off long before there though onto the 8b ... read more

It's the day of the kings Birthday when i arrive in Ayuthaya and the town is alive! I think every town in Thailand will be the same though. The streets are closed to traffic and there are food stalls and entertainers everywhere. Some of the streets are lined with makeshift cinemas, there is a Thai boxing ring and so many people. I don't think there is one person at home today everyone is out to celebrate! I spend the evening walking round the streets and taking in the atmosphere. Watch a few kids beat the daylights out of each other in the boxing ring and finally settle down for the night in the early hours. Royal birthdays are celebrated properly here, they really are proud and happy to have a king, three day holidays and a ... read more

So, flying into Phuket airport I'm only about an hour or so away from Phuket town where i plan to find lodgings for a couple of nights, meeting up with Marc and Eva who have been in Thailand for a week or so. We meet up on the second night for a couple of drinks which finally ends at 5am after numerous games of pool leaving me only 3 hrs sleep before my bus to Surat Thani to catch the ferry to Kao Samui. Adam arrived about a week ago and is probably ready to move on? First night in Samui is great fun, we go out to one of the local places to go "The Ice Bar" exactly what it says on the tin, a bar made of ice, walls, bar, Tuk Tuk and seating. ... read more

Following our easy week spent on the beach we decide to go Rambo style and head for the jungle. With the possibilities of encountering dangerous snakes, "small" big cats and flying squirrels amongst the many other species of wildlife it should be an exciting change. 0345am we are woken by our superb Kota Bahru guest house (ideal travellers guest house) host to taxi us to the train station to catch the Jungle Train to to Jerantut - jumping off point for T.N. We had promised to be awake on time but as Yoan and I were carrying on alone we felt it only right that we share a few beers with Marc. Finally hitting the hay at just before 1am we shouldve known that wed sleep through the alarm! The train departs Kota Bahru at 0415 ... read more