After a quick stop over in Bangkok, (which was apprently dodgey, but affected me in no way) I headed up to Chiang Mai, saying my goodbyes to James in Bangkok who was headed for Oz. Being alone didn't last long, having met people before I even jumpoed on the bus and bumping into a guy who I'd been with in Oz the moment I walked into the hostel - small world! The journey up there was pretty treacherous, with no air con, half the bus refusing to continue and eventua...

We then headed across the border to Cambodia and arrived in the capital Phnom Penh early evening. It was already noticeable how much better people's English was here the second we got off the bus and I also found it rather strange withdrawing U.S dollars at the cash machine. We found a cheap and cheerful hostel that worked out at $1.25 each, about 90p - most definately the cheapest yet! While in the capital we made a visit to a killing field site, where mass geno...

Having seen on the map the distance to Hanoi (capital of Vietnam) from Luang Prabang, you would have thought it wasn't far.. After going to the travel agents and hearing it was about a 20 hour bus ride, most probably on just as treacherous roads as our previous trip, an hour's flight sounded a lot more appealing! It was well worth it too by all accounts! Arriving in Hanoi was certainly an eye-opener, a significant contrast to Laos with high rise buildings and a ...

It's been a long while since an update, but a month on the move and lots to see makes it surprisingly difficult to take a spare moment to write a blog. I'll apologise now for the few emails you may receive, I wanted to split up the blogs for my past month or so's travels. So it started off in Laos, totally different to my original plans. After a crazy few days in Bangkok for Sangkran (Thai New Year - basically a massive water festival) my original plans of goin...