I was up pretty early again partly because I forgot to switch my alarm off from yesterday and partly because there are no curtains in the room. I had some tea and toast and sat on the internet for a while. All photos from China are now online, just the videos are left that are…

I was up before seven, got some free tea and toast from the hostel and then joined Robert (German) and Will (Taiwanese) to get out and see the main sights. We got the skytrain up to the river and then a river taxi to Tha Chang pier. We walked to the Grand Palace and Wat…

I was up earlier today than yesterday, but still not that early! I was going to try somehwere different for breakfast, but there was nobody at the restaurant across the road and rainbow lodge further down the road was very expensive so I stuck with where I’m staying. After breakfast I packed up my bags,…

With what was left of today I returned the bike and then went to an internet cafe to book hostels for Bangkok and Auckland, chase up a response for my dinner cruise in Auckland and upload a few more photos. After that I met Phil just leaving the raft and we went back to Apple…

I was up at 7am to catch an early bus up to Hellfire Pass. After saying hello to the small freshwater crocodile who was in the water at the upstream end of the raft I went to a local cafe for breakfast and had rice with spicy chicken. I’m not sure my stomach really appreciated…

Once I’d jammed the compartment door with a plastic bag to stop it booming like a drum I slept fairly well. There were some odd flapping noises during the night that confused me and I wondered if it was being generated by the drain pipe from the sink. However, I found out in the morning…

Having got the taxi at 8:30 I had over an hour to wait in Mae Haad before the ferry left. I spent just over half an hour in my favourite air conditioned internet cafe and uploaded a few more photos to the Xi’an album. The ferry left a few minutes late, but was much quieter…

The Chang led to a fairly restless night and to make matters worse when I got up to go to the loo I was bombarded by flying ants. When I got up later to get dressed I got covered in tiny little ants. To cap it all the power went off completely just as I…

After frying myself yesterday I decided on a day mostly out of the sun. I got the taxi at 9:30 back over the island to Mae Haad. I grabbed some breakfast there looking out over the hoards of ferries and tour boats. I the walked up the coast to see King … Rock and on…

There’s not much to report on today since it’s been a pretty lazy one. After breakfast I hired a snorkel and fins and gave it a go. The fins kept on getting gravel between them and my feet so I gave up on that. The snorkel was good though and I saw plenty of small…