I know I said in my last posting that I'd put some new photo's up... as you may have gathered that was a bit of an untruth! Couldn't get the USB thingy to accept my camera, but here are some pics for you, all of them are at Angkor Wat, most at sunrise but there are a couple of me. It was a long day, getting up at 4:30am to meet our 'tuk tuk' driver and then following people with torches once we arrived there (blatantly we weren't organised enough to realise it would infact be dark when we arrive and there is a massive moat all the way round it for us to fall in!). Sat wearing my man city t-shirt (coz it was cold) infront of the Royal Pond to watch the sun come up behind 'the Wat'... was pretty amazing as you can see. It turned out to be a Man City orientated day, met the little boy below who had a fake Manchester United shirt on (it actually said Manhatten United!) and we tried to explain who city were.... don't think he really got it, the pic of me and him is of Man City V's Manchester United at Angkor Wat. Wandering round after sunrise was the best time to be there, all the big tour groups left at 7 ish to go back to their hotels for breakfast so the place emptied... so tranquil. Spent about 4 hours looking round everything and going up one of those towers you can see in the photos. It had the most amazing detail carved in all the rocks, all the way around the outside walls there are 'stories' told through pictures carved in the rock, with elephants, soldiers, angels and devils. The most famous is the churning of the sea of milk, and from what i remember its a battle between heavan and hell... the picture shows devils having a tug of war with the angels over an elixer that can keep you alive forever. The angels win in the end. I'm not the most patient person when it comes to looking at ruins and carvings but this place was unbelievable, if you have the chance to go it's well worth the time.

We left at 11am absolutely shattered, went home for a sleep and then ended the day drinking beer on 'Bar street' in Siem Reap. Crazily, they brought a big screen to our bar and put it up outside infront of us, and guess who was playing..... Man City V's PNE, I hadn't taken the T-shirt off so I looked like a proper supporter sat there, it was a good job we won!! In Bangkok again at the moment, heading down to Surat Thani on the overnight bus tonight and meeting Jen on Saturday... then the islands here we come! Can't believe we've been away for 5 weeks already, time is flying by.... I'll soon be in Australia and have to start thinking about doing some work.

Anyway, as Barbara would say... Bye for now...

Back by popular request!

After many comments about the lack of activity on my website, I felt like I should probably add a few more of my photos just to keep you all happy! Sat in Siem Reap at the moment, which is in Cambodia (for all those of you geography dunces), and is the town next to Angkor Wat (which is a seriously popular tourist attraction and may even be a world heritage site. Went to look round Ankor Thom today which was pretty cool, its right next to Angkor Wat (''wat'' meaning 'temple'')but we were told that we should see it first because then you appreciate how brill Angkor Wat is.
5am tomorrow morning we will be heading to Angkor Wat in a 'Tuk Tuk' (or a motorcycle with a little tin cart attached), for the apparently awe-inspiring sunrise... better bloody had be for that time in the morning! So watch this space for pics of that amazing site.

Can't figure out where I got to when I last wrote on this thing, and I think I've been writing in a completely random order but never mind.... here's a summary of Thailand for you if I haven't bored you already!

Northern Thailand:
First night out in Bangkok was a bit of a crazy, far too much Singha beer (yes, i'm onto the hard stuff!), dragging Ellie down the streets with backpacks the next day while she threw up was pleasant.... saw the Grand Palace, reclining (massive/gold) buddha, sampled a thai massage.

Ayuthaya was full of lots of ruins, worth seeing but not my favourite place. Lopburi was next on the list, strange town/ village with a few ruins and way too many crazy monkeys wandering the streets. Sukhothai was beautiful, very peaceful in the historial park with... yes you've guessed it... more ruins! Chiang Mai was great... favourite place by far. Like Bangkok but nicer, little winding alleyways, and the trek/ ride on a suicidal elephant/ white water rafting/ bamboo raft/ night market/ learning to cook thai food were definately worth every penny and drop of sweat!

Please keep checking this site for an update of Vietnam and Cambodia, which will appear ASAP!

Note to ALL:

If you want to see a couple of Master Chefs at work, please go to

http://www.cookinthai.com/photo/browse.php?folder=20070128 and go to the bottom of the page, the last 3 rows of photos are of our group attempting to cook Thai food! You can spot me by the bright yellow T-shirt, emense concentration on many of the photo's.... the end product was actually quite tasty, spring rolls, thai green curry, thai soup, and crispy noodles.... mmmm, making me feel hungry.