Only a few hours left in Bangkok and with Jonathan gone it's time to look back. Just when I am leaving I found the perfect spot to chill out. The park is not like Hampstead Heath, Hyde Park or Central Park but a great little green spot in the midst of the noise of Bangkok. The park has a little pond in the middle and lots of recreational outlets from Basketball and Tennis courts to a handful of outdoor gyms. I have heard they have them in Australia too so might...

While in Thailand I rode an elephant and stroke a tiger as mentioned before. Before people now start shouting complaint and disgust about how evil all this is for the animals, then take a deep breath and first of all think about what we do to our animals and what we eat every day in the West before judging others. Moreover it is one thing to read or see a documentary about it and to actually go and see it for yourself. I believe you can only ever really judg...

Thailand - it's been only a few days, yet I have seen a lot and much more to think about. We arrived at Krabi airport early afternoon on Saturday. The airport there is very small and serves almost entirely the tourist crowds of the area. The first interesting this to see was our bus to Ao Nang and Krabi. The area around the driver was used for storing luggage as the bus did not have luggage storage space underneath. Interesting way of doing this. The annoyin...

After years and years of having this gap year plan in the back of my mind the right time for that has finally come. I first lay eye on that idea back in the day when I first left University. But I soon realised that this isn't worth working at a job I hate to enable the funding. Not that it wasn't a valuable experience, but what I mainly learned was that I can't live in a rich and posh surrounding because I do not understand the mindset of those people. I am sure...