So I found Pandy in Bangkok, he's being a good influence and attempting to reintroduce me to meals. Well kind of…within a couple of hours of arriving, he'd managed to convince me to indulge in some crispy insect pic'n'mix and so we were snacking on giant grasshoppers by the side of the road at 1 in the morning. Crunchy. Yum. We explored an ancient city full of miniature replicas of amazing architecture from all over Thailand and experienced the floating mar...

So the 24hr meditation retreat was like being warpedinto a parallel universe where time doesn't seem to pass. Until youhave to get up at 5 in the morning. It was an uber creepy parallel universe too where everyone walked around with their hands clasped together, in matching white clothes, silently, and not looking at anyone. It's fine when you're chanting about how your feet are stepping in front of each other but I guess I still have 18years or so of meditation ...

Chiang Mai is hot and dusty. It feels like being in an exotic snow globe city. Where the fountained moats and crumbling walls surrounding the city define it as a quaint little ornament. But there's no snow, just dust. And I'm pretty sure if I had been warped into a toy replica of an ancient city, it would be minus the Starbucks cafes. Up here there's food everywhere. Everywhere! Even if you find yourself in a tiny little Soi which goes from nowhere, to nowhere ...

So we left the $3 a night accomodation as Joe made an enemy in the form of a giant cockroach called Herbert that was exploring our bathroom. There was a stand off and needless to say Herbert won. Way to man up Joe. So in the morning we checked out and sheepishly walked a couple of houses down where (for an extra $2 a night) we found a palace. When we went exploring in the town and couldn't walk more then 5m without seeing an armed soldier, we realised that we'd ...

So we left the $3 a night accomodation as Joe made an enemy in the form of a giant cockroach called Herbert that was exploring our bathroom. There was a stand off and needless to say Herbert won. Way to man up Joe. So in the morning we checked out and sheepishly walked a couple of houses down where (for an extra $2 a night) we found a palace. When we went exploring in the town and couldn't walk more then 5m without seeing an armed soldier, we realised that we'd ...