Halong Bay in North Vietnam was stunning. The thousands of islands are scattered around randomly as if they've fallen out of a goddess's pocket. With all the traditional Vietnamese junk ships ferrying tourists around and a heavy mist lurking over the top of all the islands, it was like being in a tragically cast & poorly scripted pirate movie. Minus wardrobe assistant. Unfortunately, the caves in the islands that we went exploring in weren't as pirate-esque...

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...