After a long bus ride from Bangkok (6 hours) we arrived at the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. I’m totally glad we did our research. Everywhere we’ve read said that this crossing isn’t nearly as bad as it used to be before the Khmer and Thai governments clamped down on scammers and started to police the area more, but for 2 people who very rarely go out of our comfort zones and hate confrontation, there was a large element of fear involved. ...

Day 1: Driver: “Enjoy your temples” Me: “We will! this looks AMAZING!! Angkor Wat is beautiful!” Day 2: Driver: “Enjoy your temples” Me: “Kinda tired, but yeah sure. My feet are a bit bruised from wearing crap sandals and hiking 2km uphill, and I have a distinct lack of money from the fact that beggars are everywhere, but yeah; I’ll enjoy them. Even though they’re all starting to look the same. ...

This train is long. We’re currently travelling east towards the Thai / Cambodia border. The train takes about 5 hours and only has 3rd class - which is cool, because it’s 48 baht (about a pound) for the whole journey. I’ve managed to tip my cap and sleep twice, although I now have a crick in my neck (need another massage :D). The countryside is beautiful mind, and we caught the sunrise as we left Bangkok at around 6am. Other than the Mosquitos, I don’t quite mind the journey. Let’s just hope that the border crossing goes smooth today… There are horror stories about Aran/Poipet, the touts and the scams… Eeeek!

I’ve often said that I “suffer” from vertigo. I generally get the “chill” when i’m up high, holding something like a camera, have glasses on, or are wearing a hat. It’s a very odd thing, and I’ve spoken to a few people about their fears of heights and how / why it usually manifests. One guy I was speaking to said that he has this overwhelming urge to jump over the side of whatever or wherever he’s at. I can kind of understand this destructive urge, I remember having something similar when I was growing up - albeit not so life threatening - where I took a penknife to my brand new bike. Can’t tell you why I did, but it happened. And it seems to have carried on manifesting itself through various points. ...

Leaving Ko Phangan today. A week here has been awesome, and has more or less been a holiday all by itself. We’re about £100 over-budget over the last month (can’t believe it’s been a month already!) but we hope to remedy that over the next 6 weeks; Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos are all supposed to be cheaper, in that order. Thailand isn’t as cheap as we’ve been lead to believe :( ...

Top 10 places visited so far: Botanical Gardens, Kandy, Sri Lanka Rawana Ella Waterfall, Ella, Sri Lanka Unawatuna Beach, Unawatuna, Sri Lanka Haad Chao Phao Beach, Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand Planter’s Bungalow, Ella, Sri Lanka Yala National Park, Sri Lanka MBK Center, Bangkok, Thailand Temple of the Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka Seaflower Bungalows, Ko Pha Ngan, Thailand Phranakorn-Nornlen Guesthouse, Bangkok, Thailand Top 2 least favourite places visited so far: Mumbai Airport, Mumbai, India ANYWHERE WITH MOSQUITOS, NON-DESCRIPT, THE WORLD.

We’ve been in Ko-Phangan for about 5 days so far, and I have to say that this is - by far - the nicest place that I have ever been. This is essentially why I haven’t really been blogging much since I arrived, I’ve been busy relaxing on beaches, driving my scooter around the island and drinking cocktails, watching the sun set. If you’re reading this and you’re jealous, then I don’t apologise; just come here for yourself and you’ll understand what I mean. I’m currently working on a google map of all the places we’ve visited, and I’ve just uploaded a bunch of pictures from the resort we’re in. Also, this morning, we did yoga; AMAZING. I needed a massage afterwards, to I went to a resort next door to the one we’re currently in. I paid 250 baht for it (about a fiver) and it lasted about an hour. Funny thing though, before the masseuse started, the conversation went something like this: ...

I’m currently sitting on the porch of our bungalow at half past 11 on a Sunday, in Ko Phangan. I’m watching a few music videos and reading a few bits online, one in particular, about how Kanye West is suing the band Every Time I Die because of some fake twitter re-tweets that they did, promoting their new album, New Junk Aesthetic. Search for some, they’re pretty funny. I only mention this, because I’m not entirely sure where to start for this blog post. I don’t think I’ve posted since I got to Thailand, and I haven’t taken many pictures either. But that’s not to say that nothing interesting has happened. For starters… On the day we arrived, I think I went a bit mental, due to lack of sleep. So the first day was a write off, I more or less made Susie do everything for me :D I felt really self conscious doing anything, and I didn’t even feel like talking to the locals. I basically had dinner and then fell asleep. The next day though (Thursday 17th) was much better. I’d rested fully in the most amazing bed, got up, had a thai massage (which was killer, but damn it sorted my back out :D) followed by breakfast. We then made a journey to Siam Square by taxi, and spent the day at the MBK center. ...