…six months old

If WordPress’ scheduled posting system works, I’ve now been away from the UK for six months.

Filed under: asia, australia, beard, life, new zealand, six month review

…never going to forget this week

And neither will those whom he spent it with, seeing as they’re incapable of such a task.

Filed under: asia, chiang mai, elephant nature park, elephants, thailand

…zipping through Thailand’s jungles and Wiang Kum Kam

When a brochure tells you something is the best attraction in Thailand, I can’t think of any reason to question that.

Especially when it turns out it quite possibly is the best attraction in Thailand.

Filed under: asia, chiang mai, flight of the gibbon, thailand, wiang kum kam

…blessed

Those following my travels will undoubtedly have now accepted that I was cursed. The evidence, truth and facts speak volumes. Some of those people may even have been a little worried about how this was all going to end up. The answer is with me winning.

Filed under: asia, life, blessing, chiang mai, curse, doi suthep, thailand

…done with the Surat Thani floods

Yesterday I finally found a way to get out of Surat Thani. I’ve moaned about how boring that town is already, but now after my trip to the airport all my white whines have been put in perspective.

Filed under: asia, flooding, surat thani floods, surathani, thailand

…the great escapist

I was told the roads were impassable, I was told the trains weren’t running, I was told there was no way to get to the airport. In short, I was told I was staying in Surat Thani for the forseeable future. That all changed when I got a Facebook message from a kindly stranger named Pan Chansorn.

Filed under: asia, flooding, pan chansorn, surat thani, surathani, thailand