Well we had to catch an early bus to Ho Chi Minh City from Dalat. We were one of the last ones on the minibus so we had to only 2 seats that were left, Zo sat on a single seat and I sat next to an Australian lad named Geoff, across the aisle from Zo. The conversation in the bus was already well underway between those around us, it was not difficult to work out what the topic was…Geoff. He looked like he had literally been beaten to a pulp, with a large black ey...

Right, so since my previous blog we had our last day in Bangkok. We basically chilled out for the day, sat in a bar and watched 'Gulliver's travels' and headed to the train station. On arrival to the train station we were informed that the trains to the north were cancelled due to the flooding. Our only way to the north now was a 10 hour bus journey that didn't leave until 7:30pm so we decided to take a look around the modern part of Bangkok, Siam. This involved ...

Well here is the first one. Set off from Heathrow on Monday night after traveling down with Mum Dad Nick Sue and of course Zo. After much concern about who we were flying with, many thanks to the Customer Services team at work, we arrived in Bangkok via India. Settled in quickly and set off for the streets of Bangkok. Has not changed since I was here 3 years ago, still very busy, hot and a strong smell of fried noodles in the air. We had our first go at put our f...