So eventually I arrived in Phuket. It was around 6pm and after I collected my rucksack I headed outside and managed to find a mini-bus to take me to Patong Beach (where my hotel - the Aloha Villa - was) for only 150 baht. We headed off and I don't know why but on the map it looks like its just a short drive over the island to Patong. In reality though, Phuket is a huge place and it took over an hour to get there! Up and down over these really hilly roads. On ...

Well, the train ride from Bangkok up to Chiang Mai was an experience! I managed to get some sleep in my second class bunk by listening to my iPod to drown out the noise of the one crying child in my carriage. It took 13 hours in total and we arrived in Chiang Mai at 6:50am on the Monday morning. My hotel - The Winner Inn - were waiting with a big MCGEE sign to collect me. After a short drive back to the hotel, I dumped my rucksack and grabbed what I needed to...

Well I arrived tired but alert from Qantas flight 002 from London Heathrow to Bangkok Don Muang International Airport on Friday 3rd March 2006. The moment I stepped out of the plane into the walkway the heat hit me. It was 33 degrees. Not quite the sub-zero temperatures I'd left behind in snowy Scotland! Collected my rucksack and made it through immigration. Then had to queue for ages to catch a metered taxi into the city. I had already booked my ...