Having spent the best part of 48 hours travelling approximately 850 km: by foot, moped, ferry, ‘taxi-truck’, train and bus, I finally arrived in the Ko Chang Archipelago. I'm now on a small island in the Eastern Gulf of Thailand, and it is here, on Ko Mak that I have chosen to set down my backpack for a short holiday within a holiday. Sickening, isn't it? The journey was not easy, and it was certainly long, but the whole experience was made easier to bear by some of the fantastic people I met along the way. I’ve been shown kindness after kindness, and although I’m tired I would go so far as to say, I’m feeling euphoric. Right now it seems that the World is brimming with good and generous people. I have made a point
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