I had an overdose of lemongrass in Ko Lanta. We (now some of my friends joined me for some days) had a feast with Thai curries, Pad Thai, fish cakes, lemon marinated fish and a massive bowl of Tom Yum soup to share Singhas, some Thai rum and so on. Then I felt sick at night and my favourite spice, lemongrass, was all I could taste. Ko Lanta was my third island to enter. It has been called as "the golden beach babe of Krabi" by Lonely Planet, but the beaches d...

When I stepped on the road, it reminded me of (ok, I know this will provoke some opinionsJ) Camden High Street with tropical temperature and minuscule prices. I wish I had been fast enough to capture that blurry eyed drunken English girl with a I<3 Khao San Road t-shirt holding a massive portion of Pad Thai from the street stall (cost 35 bahts=90 cents) and at least as massive bottle of Chang beer in hand. This place is strange and I haven't decided if I li...