26th june. Got up at 9 and packed. Jason missed his train. I got taxi over to bus terminal. Tourist info wrong. Caught bus at 11:45. had to change buses half way. At border control I had to reque as forgot arrival card. Got out and bus had left without me. Managed to catch public bus and pay with ringgit. Gotto hostel around 7. immediately met 2 girls. In night went for food with courtney and grace. Then went to prince of wales for a drink. Bloody aussie bar. 27...

Fri 4th: georgetown: went to snake temple. had photo with 4 snakes n me. 3 pythons and a viper. walked around georgetown. not much to see in all honesty. in night went out with some of the australian army guys. also met a couple of other people through them. they bought me drinks all night. i only bought a round for me and jeremy (canadian guy). woke up in the morning with a phone ringing in my pocket. had no idea hw it got there. turns out never met the guy last...

fri 21st: set alarm at 4 as due to arrive at 4:20 but pulled in at 5:50. stored bag at train station. walking around found a tuk tuk guy offering tour of wats for 600b. took me around 4 temples; phutthaisawan, chai watthanaram, na phamane and phra mahathat. had about 3hrs then he said there was nothing else to see. so he took me to the train station, then the bus station and told the driver where i needed to go. changed bus at surapburi or somewhere. total trip t...

thurs 13th: woke up in the middle of the night with bottle of beer in my hand, hadnt spilled a drop and it was pretty much full. woke up late and almost missed the bus. sat in the minibus frying at bus station over an hr waiting for other people to arrive (buses dont leave till their full). in the end it went half full so was a comfortable journey. again the scenary was pretty cool. 4hr journey. managed to get a bed in the spicy laos. met the other guys already t...

mon: was walking around and bumped into richard and his friend annalieze so walked around witht hem the rest of day checking out some wats and the river. the main part of town is a lovely little place, with french influenced small buildings. the wats are pretty boring but good for taking photos of monks. in night went out to lao lao garden, got messed up and went clubbing but cant remember it. tues: hungover!! super headache. chilled out in morning. went to koua...