Well.....hello all from sunny, hot and lush Koh Phangan! Apologies this has been quite a delayed update from Thailand..........the reason being not a great one! On arrival to Bangkok, in our fantastic hotel, all appeared to be fantastic, alas i was wrong and last Wednesday i took a turn for the worst and have spent the past week up and down with illness, and have had what has now been diagnosed as a 'bad case of bad bacteria'....said in my best Thai accent!...

Dear All, Well i am currently sitting in Kolkata airport awaiting my flight out of India and onto my next destination.......Bangkok, Thailand! The past week here in India has been pretty impressive..........the beginning of last week saw us enter Varanasi.......and the land of the River Ganges.........well........an experience to say the least....watching a whole city bath, cook, clean, swim and do all daily chores in the local water supply was far fr...

Hello All, Firstly- Happy Birthday Lou Pooh- hope you are having a fantastic day- thinking of you, and wish i was there to help you celebrate! Todays email installment comes from the capital of Rajistan- Jaipur! the past few days have been interesting to say the least, on the evening of the last email i sent you all, the groups luck took a turn for the worst..........7 out of 12 of us became very sick- a severe bout of food poisoning we think struck t...

Dear All - hello, and welcome to day 10 of my India Adventure!! As i have found a decent little man who has ok internet, i thought i would take this chance to update you all on the past few days! Cant remember where i got up to last time, but basically we left the lovely Jaislemer on Friday, and headed via local bus to the hmmmm....interesting Jodhpur! And yes indeed it was here that the horse riding jodhpurs were created- woo woo!! Arrived at Hava...

Dear All, Well......hello hello hello!!! Where to start......i wont bore you with all the details of the past five days, but lets just say i am having an absolutely AMAZING time!!! And why oh why i have not done this whole travelling thing sooner i do not know!!! After meeting my group on Sunday night, all my fears of being lonely, and with people very differnt from me have gone out the window.....every single person is fantastic!! Six Aussies, Paulin...