Its officially a week since I became a full-time traveller/ bum and I've already got bits of string tied around my wrist, some colourful mosquito bites (they love me) wild hair like Monica from Friends on that holiday, and have sipped cheap cocktails from a kids plastic bucket. I have well and truly embraced the culture of South East Asia. So it turns out that rainy season here lasted a little longer than we'd anticipated, which curtailled our plans to go South ...

Its officially a week since I became a full-time traveller/ bum and I've already got bits of string tied around my wrist, some colourful mosquito bites (they love me) wild hair like Monica from Friends on that holiday, and have sipped cheap cocktails from a kids plastic bucket. I have well and truly embraced the culture of South East Asia. So it turns out that rainy season here lasted a little longer than we'd anticipated, which curtailled our plans to go South ...