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I've been home ages now and still not anywhere near finishing this. I have all my notes written up so expect posts to be coming soon. (If you still care)

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Despite practically the whole of everyday taken up by tubing I did also manage to fit in some other activities while I was in Vang Vein this time round. So I thought I would dedicate this post to the few things I got up to in Vang Vein that didn't involving inflated tractor inner tubes floating on the water.I arrived in Vang Vein as usual a total mess. After a 20 odd hour, over night bus journey

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Tubing is everything your Mum says you shouldn't do which is why it is possibly the most fun in the world ever. This was my second trip to Vang Vein in the space of a year (Read about my first trip HERE) so knew exactly what I getting myself into. This time round I was there for 5 days and by the time we left I had pretty much had enough. For those not familiar with tubing it is simply a load of

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Back in Laos again! One of my only regrets of my travels so far is not seeing more of this beautiful country last time I was here. Sooooo have come back again not only to see more but to see my good friend Alice who I haven't seen for well over a year as well. Should be awesome, first stop Vang Vein!09/01/10

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Well firstly I would like to say Happy New Year to everyone, although by the time this post will actually make it up it will be April. (I can't believe how far behind I am with this). My New Years Eve this year was, like my Christmas, unlike one I have ever had before. Last years, as I have done for nearly all my NYE, was spent in a very cold Norwich getting "On It" with the few of my

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Suckhothai was a place I had never really heard of before and if it weren't for Aun and her friends I imagine would never have gone. Although upon getting back I did find it in Lonely Planet's top list of things to do to my surprise. Maybe they are running out of new and exciting things to suggest?... Anywhooo I was currently staying in a place roughly 5 hours north of Bangkok called Phitsanulok

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Well some 30 days later my Thai adventure with Tom and Chris had finally come to end. The original plan was that after the Full Moon Party we were all going to head back to Australia on separate planes and meet up somewhere in Sydney to enjoy New Years Eve in Sydney Australia. However I had decided I couldn't be arsed with Sydney for New Year and new there was no chance it would live up to the

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It was definitely a Christmas Day like no other. Beaches, 35+ Degrees, buckets, bach raves and not a single Christmas jumper in sight. Being in a Buddhist country means that the Christmas hype was completely none existent so come December 23rd I was felling about as Christmassy as Abu Hamza. However this all changed when I got to Koh Phangan and hit one of the main Backpacker (so therefore

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If anyone can remember my posts on the FM the last time I was there would remember how much I enjoyed it so pretty much one of the main reasons for me coming back to Thailand again was that I just really wanted to do another. My thoughts on this were simple, there is a huge amount of things on this earth that I can enjoy at any age but when it comes to things such as the FMP I can't really

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The plan of action for Koh Lanta = chill the fark out! After a horrendously heavy 3 nights in Phi Phi I penciled in some much needed chill out time in koh Lanta before we headed to Koh Phangan for the Christmas Full Moon parties.Me and Chris were both absolute shambles on the boat over which did nothing but confirm the fact we definitely needed 3 days of doing nothing before we took a few years

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The main reason I decided to come back to Phi Phi this time round was that Phi Phi is a bit of a party island and last time I was there I was unlucky enough to be an antibiotics so was not able to drink which does take the fun out of the party a bit. Phi Phi is also a real nice island with some amazing dive spots just a few minutes boat ride away so I really wanted to make the most of my PADI

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The original plan was to just pop over to Railey for the day from Ao Nang, upon arrival though we all agreed this was a place we should spend some more time and ended up spending a total of 2 nights there. I really liked Railey it was a beautiful area surrounded by huge limestone cliffs which not only looked amazing but also provided a great barrier from the rest of the mainland making it feel

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Well after all the hassle with the travel agent in Pai we eventually made it it Krabi Province and more specifically the beach resort of Ao Nang.Day one involved stocking up on all the beach based things we would need now that we would be spending the majority of our time in swim shorts and covered in sand. After checking into our hotel room we did a quick tour of the various road side shops

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As you may have noticed I have not updated this place for ages.Basically I had too much fun in Asia to bother thinking about this place. However I do have a lot of posts in the pipeline (and i mean A LOT)However I have had to leave my job in Melbourne after a long sexual harassment case* so I am spending all my hard earned Australian $$$ not on Internet time to update this place but find a new

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Ohhhh god. Back in Patong again. I didn't like it last time, I don't like is this time. Basically thanks to Tom at Panda travel messing around with our flights (read about that here) and having to get the later flight we missed the last boat to Krabi and therefore HAD to spend a night in Patong Beach. The one good thing about being back here was I was at a beach and I experienced a small

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Only 2 days in Bangkok this time and this time at the request of Tom and Chris who wanted to spend a couple more days here as this would be there last chance to spend some proper time in the city before they flew to Australia. This was fine by me as I'll take any old excuse to spend some time in Bangkok. They wanted to buy a few bits and bobs before heading to the south as well as having one

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One word awesome! Pai is chilled out and the weather was lot cooler than the rest of Thailand so was a nice break from the sweaty mess that was Bangkok. Pai is about 3 hours and 730 odd hair pin bends west of Chiang Mai. I think its only about 150km from Chiang Mai but as there are so many twists and turns in the road as you go up the mountain its takes nearly 3 and a half hours. The views as

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I wanted to do a video blog for Chiang Mai with Chris and Tom, however I didn't get round to it while they were still with me. So I am going to leave Chiang Mai for now and whack the video up when I see them again in January.So watch this space!

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I really hate getting night buses so whenever there is a chance to not get a bus I will almost always choose that option. One great way from getting to Chiang Mai from Bangkok is the night train. I love it as you sit down get a 3 course meal for £2 then a bit later a man who is seriously good at making beds comes round and assembles a bed for you out of your seat in around 30 seconds. Then you

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Well upon arrival in Bangkok for my 4th proper visit (a couple of times where just stop overs) I remembered why Bangkok is currently my favourite city in the world by an absolute mile! The minute I arrived it was chaos, the noise, the smells both good and bad, the traffic, the dirt and the just pure sensory overload that is Bangkok just blew my mind once again and I was so pleased to be back.

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Well I never! Back in Thailand again. I just can't keep away. Back here to enjoy another month of chaos in the backpacker raped jewel of South East Asia that is Thailand. Only this time with my boyzzzz Thomas Kevin Wright and Christopher James Hislop. YES!

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Where to start? I think I may have had the busiest 4 days of my life trying to get the most out of my time here. So much so that by the time I left I had worn myself out so much I gave myself a sore throat. Coincidence? I think not.Coming back to Asia I experienced culture shock for the first time in ages. After spending so long in Australia I had got very settled in my western ways again and

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Macau is a tiny island an hours ferry journey west of Hong Kong and was under Portuguese reign till 1999 when they had to hand it back, just like we did with Hong Kong. It was ruled by Portugal for over 400 years so was expecting a schizophrenic mix of Portuguese and Chinese culture.My plan was to get to Macau about 3:00pm potter around the streets till it got dark and then spend a few hours

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Ever heard of it before? Me neither. Turns out there is a small little country to the west of Hong Kong called Macau. Once upon a time it was owned by Portugal, now its back in Chinese hands. Its considered the Las Vegas of Asia. Awesome.

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I am now in Hong Kong and preparing myself for an extremely hectic 4 days. Watch this space.

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