On the Saturday I decided to move guesthouses as it was a bit pricey to stay in the twin I had shared with Elisha by myself and they didn’t have any singles available. So, with my budget in my head, I wisely opted for a big hotel, closer to Khao San Road with a roof-top […]
Read the rest of Saturday 24th May – Bangkok
Elisha left to head South to the islands. I had quite a non-eventful day mainly consisting of pottering and sitting in cafes. I went back to the tailors and tried on very basically done clothes. I was to return many, many times subsequently to try, and re-try, clothes on. At first it was all quite […]
Read the rest of Friday 23rd May – Bangkok
On the Thursday I was actually feeling much better. And who said McDonalds isn’t good for you? I got some breakfast, they do great fruit with yoghurt and muesli at the street stalls, and wandered around a few shops. There are a lot of street stalls here selling weird and wonderful fare. There’s the expected […]
Read the rest of Thursday 22nd May – Bangkok
The journey from the Cambodian border to Bangkok was a long one but it was relatively comfortable, once in the minibus at least. We stopped in Pattaya en route and, when I was informed by my fellow travelers that it was one of the sex capitals of Bangkok, I was pleased that I had decided […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 21st May – Bangkok
Having slept slightly better than the previous night I awoke to torrential rain. I got a motorbike to the area where the bus was to leave from. The motorbike driver gave me a really attractive, yellow macintosh to wear and then kept nearly crashing when trying to pull my hood up for me! One of […]
Read the rest of Wednesday 21st May – Sihanoukville to Bangkok, Thailand
So after a slightly dodgy journey the previous day I decided that the best plan was to do very little and to chill out on the beach. The beaches in Sihanoukville are beautiful and the sea was really warm. Partly due to the events of the previous day and partly due to continued warnings I […]
Read the rest of Monday 19th May – Tuesday 20th May – Sihanoukville
Sorry to back track but I realised that I had not put anything on my blog about the scorpion! So…. I was walking back to the Garden Village guesthouse (in Siem Reap if you didn’t guess from the title) one night after going to the shop. It wasn’t crazily late but was late enough to […]
Read the rest of Siem Reap and the scorpion! (and sensitive plant!).
On the Friday I had entrusted my precious laundry to the guesthouse who I hoped would return it immaculately washed and pressed and smelling of orchids. What I didn’t bet on was them returning some of my laundry (i.e. with some items missing) and someone else’s laundry. When I took the said items downstairs to […]
Read the rest of Sunday 18th May – Crimebodia
On Saturday I decided to visit the above, which are two of the main toursit draws of Phnom Penh. They were set in immaculate grounds and polished gardens. The Palace was quite amazing with gold everywhere. There were various, relatively uninteresting artefacts in display cabinets and enough Buddhas to start a veritable Buddha colony. The […]
Read the rest of Saturday 17th May – The Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda
On the Friday the tuk tuk driver I had arranged to collect me in the morning failed to do so. This wasn’t a problem as it’s basically the low season here and they are all desperate for business so it was easy enough to find another. I think I explained the background behind S21 very […]
Read the rest of Friday 16th May – Phnom Penh: S21, the killing fields and an insane shopping mall