Day 109 (Mon 24thDec) Chiang Mai Woke up with a bit of a hangover as one generally does. There were 4 of my roommates having a chat so got involved and we all headed out for a walk around. The others all arrived yesterday the same as me and were staying for the same amount of time so was good to meet people who were going to be about for more than a day. Often people are leaving as you’re arriving or vice versa so having the chance to have the same people about for a few days seemed good. We headed to a little cafe to grab some lunch and as we were all still tired from the previous day, me due to hangover and them due to travelling we had a team nap and ... read more

Days 96 – 97 (Tues 11th – Wed 12thDec) So I moved into Bangkok centre on Tuesday morning, to the famous backpacking area of Khao San Road. Straight away it struck me this was a place I was going to like, travellers everywhere you look and plenty of drinking establishments. I found my hostel 1 street away after getting a little lost. The pace of life within 5 minutes here is so much quicker than that in the Philippines. While people still dawdle about, which annoys me somewhat, people are generally doing more here. Khao San Rd itself is maybe 200 metres long full of bars, street food and large bins of ice with cold beer in, pretty much my idea of heaven. I walked down the river for a bit towards the Grand Palace and ... read more

Day 76-77 (Wed 21st – Thurs 22ndNov) Wednesday was spent moving from Puerto Princesa to El Nido on Palawan. This I had read isn’t the most enjoyable trip going but there was no way it could be as bad as my trip in Northern Luzon to Baguio from Bontoc. I was picked up around half 8, we gathered a few more guests then went to some terminal-esque area which was a dump. Loads of Filipino’s got in taking up the remaining seats. We were there around 45 mins messing about which was frustrating. We got on the road and headed off. The trip wasn’t too bad, until the last 90 mins where the road doesn’t exist. They are working on it all the ay along but most is dust road and if they work at Filipino ... read more

Day 59 (Sun 4thNov) Woke up early again, starting to become a bit of a habit. Was showered and fed and out the door by 8. Walked to the bus stop where I was told there were minivans going to Baguio City, from there I could go up the west coast to Vigan. Hopped on the minivan, paid and waited to leave Banaue. Once the minivan was filled we left. I’d been told it was 6 to 6 ½ hours on good roads. Funny that as it ended up being nearer 8 and the road was terrifying. It seems there’s a huge mountain range in between where I was going from and too. The road was very windy and had horrible drops off the side, at some points off both sides. The drops in areas were ... read more

Waiver: All the pictures names have changed around and as i have to change each one individually i can;t be bothered, i'm sure you can work out which is which. Cheers !! Day 49 (Thurs 25thOct) Today was my first full day to explore Seoul and that was my plan. As the weather was decent enough I decided to do the Palaces and City Centre. I took in 3 palaces all with very long names being Deoksugung, Gyeongbokgung and Chandeokgung Palaces, the last being a Unesco World Heritage Site. Deoksugung is smack bang in the centre, it’s not that big and seems weirdly placed now there’s high rise buildings all around it. It’s nice enough and not too big so you can see all of it within an hour. I then headed off for the 2 ... read more