I took an overnight flight from Bangkok to Beijing and arrived on Wednesday 3rd at 6am. I took a taxi to my hotel which is in a very good central location (just a short work from Tian'an Man Square and next to a subway station). As the hotel is normally used by Chinese tourists, none of the staff spoke English, which was a little difficult (especially trying to communicate having not slept all night). I got to my room lay on my bed and "zonked" out for ...

Well, I guess this is my last entry from Thailand after an amazing month here. I feel like we've seen so much and covered a lot of ground (although of course, in reality, we have just scratched the surface) I'm now back in Bangkok, having survived the Full Moon Party. Harnaik left for England yesterday evening and I'm here for a couple of days on my own before flying to Beijing. It feels a bit weird not having Harnaik here anymore. The full moon party was the mo...

We left Ko Samui on Monday and had a pretty smooth crossing to Ko Phangan. I was surprised how close the two islands actually are in reality as they look further apart in the Lonely Planet guide.We got a cab to the resort that we had booked, called the Milky Bay resort (www.milkybay.com). We have a beach hut that is literally on the beach with amazing views from the windows (which are basically shutters without glass that can be opened fully). I wake in the morni...

First of all, thanks to everyone who e-mailed and texted to check that we were not in that terrible Phuket plane crash. It still sends shivers down my spine thinking that we landed on that same runway in equally bad weather 3 days before the crash. We were so glad to leave Phuket due to the torrential rain and hoped that we would find some better weather in the south east. We got a bit confused about how to get to Ko Samui, firstly thinking that we had to get a...

Just a quick entry tonight as back in Phuket for 1 night before heading for Ko Samui. Yesterday was another wash out on Phi Phi island. We thought we'd take a break from Thai food and went to this Aussie all you can eat barbecue place. It was delicious. We then walked around, got wet again and went back to the hotel. I'm reading the news whilst updating this and I'm shocked to see that a plane has crashed in heavy rain landing in Phuket this evening (from Ba...