I was up early to make up for yesterday and to make the most of my last real day of my trip. I walked the 30 minutes over to Ton Tai beach...

  Today was a very uneventful day that i spent nursing a killer hangover. i was only really awake between 12-8pm and spent most of that laid...

  The one bonus of the early night was that I was up and about before 8am, I was however aching all over. I sounds like I'm complaining bu...

  Knowing I needed a big breakfast for the day ahead i was up at 7:30. I met up with my group just before 9am and I was with 3 malaysian gir...

  I woke later than normal and it was 12pm by the time I had breakfast and went to catch the boat back over to Railay. The boatman said it w...

  I was up early with a decision to make. Did I got to Phi Phi Don the beach made famous by the fact the movie 'The Beach' was filmed the...

 I spent the entire day on one form of transport or another. I had to be at the port at 9am to of course swap my receipt for the act...

  The weather was again pretty awful, in fact it was windier than yesterday. Ko Tao is famous for the diving opportunities it offers and alt...

  I had my first non-alcohol related lie in for some time for no reason other than i could. The weather was not what it has been since I arr...

  I woke up about 10am and had a leisurely breakfast before heading down to the beach. I spent most of the day here just relaxing and reading...

 Luke & Kim had decided to change their travel plans and take a later boat to have one more day in Ko Tao. My day started slightly befor...

 Kim & Luke only had one full day in Ko Tao so we got up early and hired some quad bikes to explore the Island. We decided to head to Mang...

 I found is surprisingly easy to be up for breakfast at 11am despite going to bed sometime around 5am. The ferry was at 2pm but we needed to g...

 By 9am we were all up & eager with the hope of hiring some bikes and exploring the island. Kim had never ridden a motorbike before and wa...

    I will say one thing for this place, it's great when you are hungover and my god i was. Last nights events coupled with the 2 pr...

    I woke up as we arrived in what i assumed was Surat Thani around 6am and told to get into a tuk-tuk to the ferry port. This pr...

 I arrived in Bangkok at 5:30am and dropped right at the end of the infamous Kho San Road. I had heard LOTS of bad opinions of Bangkok and t...

I don't like to admit it but I really have done nothing for the past 2 days. I was due to take a cooking class one day but thanks partly to me ch...

  I was booked on an all day cooking class to start at 9am but when I woke at 8am I felt terrible. I dragged myself out of bed and along the r...

  I really don't know where the daytime went. It seemed to take forever to get all the photos burned to CD so Deb could take a copy home with ...

  Yesterday Deb had seemed interested in doing a bungee jump, which I am petrified off. I had however been open to the idea depending on cost....

  The bus arrived earlier than expected but we still had to get a tuk-tuk to the border. 5 minutes down the road it stopped for petrol an...

  A few beers the night before on top of the tiring last four days should have resulted in a long uninterrupted sleep, but it did not. I don't...

  Mon had remembered that I had not eaten my eggs on day 1 and had surprisingly made me some chips to go with my sticky rice for breakfas...

  We had made so much progress yesterday that we did not have to leave till 10am. Mon & Thong were up well before us and had bought anothe...

 It was not the ideal breakfast but the two mars bars I had brought with me were my only alternative to the scrambled eggs. Nobody had slept w...

  Leaving one day earlier than initially planned meant that most of our clothes were still in the hotel laundry. We packed up what we cou...

  The bus was leaving at 10am so we had to wake up all the guys to say some emotional goodbyes. This proved funny as Adrian was still drunk wh...

  Despite yesterdays frightening return we were all eager if not slightly apprehensive to go tubing again. Fergile had taken his camera with n...

  Once everyone was finally up and ready it was 1:30. We joined the que for our tubes and handed over the 40,000 & 60,000 deposit befor...

  All the Irish guys we went out with the other night were on our bus up to Vang Vieng so we all ended up checking into the same hostel. This ...

  Not getting to bed till 4:30 meant the morning was spent in bed. Once up we had a late breakfast before going in search of COPE, a place Deb...

  We arrived in Vientiane ahead of schedule at about 5:30 after a restless night on the bus. After picking out a hostel from the guide we got ...

    Getting up at 8:30 felt like a lie in after the last few days early starts. After breakfast we paid 80,000 for tuk-tuk to take...

  We were due to leave the Island at 10am by boat so we had plenty of time for breakfast, or so we thought. The service was slow even by the...

  The nosiest time of the day on the island seems to be the morning and as a result & Deb & I were both up and about before 7am! We ...

  There are no cash points at the Islands so we were up early to collect some funds before breakfast. Unfortunately the cash point was o...

  The journey back to Pakse was about 130km so we wanted an early start to avoid the blistering sun for as long as possible. We were on the ...

  The start time of the trek was 8am and we wanted to squeeze breakfast in first so we were out by 7:15. Having been in bed for 10pm this was...

   First on the agenda for the morning was to speak to the guy who owns the hostel and see how much the repairs on the bike would cost. T...

  Everything you read and everyone you speak to insists that the best way to see the Bolevan Plateau is by motorbike. Unfortunately ...

  Before catching the 9am bus to Pakse to really begin our adventures we needed some breakfast but to do this we needed some KIP! Thankfu...

  We were picked up at 7:30 but a small mini-bus and along with two other English guys taken 5 minutes to the bus station. Here we were told t...

  The bus for the trip did not turn up till 6:45 so we knew we already stood no chance of making the first stop at 7:30 as promised. It was in...

For the first time since I have been in Asia the bus advertised as direct actually was! There was not even the briefest of stops and we arrived in ...

  To our surprise the bus turned up on time at 5am but we were first on. This gave the pleasure of touring round town picking up everyone else...

After missing the game 4 classic there was no way I was missing game 5. I got up at 7:30 and glugged down the free coffee at the hotel  and sa...

   To my surprise the bus we had was nice and even though I had been sleeping for the last 15 hours I had no trouble sleeping for 5 more....

  I was woken about 9:30 as the bus arrived in Hue. Here we were all told to get off and that the bus to Hoi An would not be leaving till 1pm....

  Deb & I both slept through breakfast but I was sufficiently full from the feast the night before. The morning was spent relaxing on the ...

  The bus left at 8am and took 4 hours including the always unnecessary 30 minute stop at a souvenier shop where nobody bought anything. On ar...

  Deb & I spent the entire day wandering around Hanoi and just taking it all in really. We did make a brief attempt to visit Ho Chi Minh M...

  I was up early to watch Celtics vs. Lakers game 3 and make the most of the free breakfast. I left the hostel pleased to have seen a Lakers v...

  I managed to drag myself out of bed just in time to get breakfast before my flight to Hanoi. Upon checking in I was told I was not on the pa...

  My phone turned itself off in the night again and nearly caused me to miss my bus. I woke at 6:10 and my bus was at 6:30. Luckily I had pack...

  My bus back to Phnom Penh was not till 9am so I had plenty of time for breakfast before I left. The journey was ok, although I did have...

  I am going to break tradition and make one cumulative entry for the past 3 days, partly because I am lazy but mainly due to the fact nothi...

 I woke hangover but my mattress on the floor was no place to sleep it off so I dragged myself out of bed ands hoped that some breakfast wou...

   I had booked my bus to leave for Phnom Penh for 2pm so I was up at 7am to make sure I got to see the sights around Battambang. Firs...

  I sat next to Blair a guy from England on the bus to Phnom Penh who was traveling with two friends Amy & Veronica. None of us had ...

I was up at 5:30 ready for my 6am pickup. I should know better by now as this actually meant 6:30. The bus that picked me up was a 7-seat and there...

  My early night made the early start seem natural. Although breakfast didn't officially start till 7am I managed to blag some coco pops and c...

  No work to get up for but I was still up at 7:00 to help myself to the hostel breakfast before tuning into Celtics v Pistons, Game 6. It was...

  My first task the previous night when I arrived to at STA Travel was to pick up the my ticket Siem Reap that Alex had said he would sor...

  My final day in My Tho began with my new favourite meal of Pho. Angela came along & joined myself, Thuong, Vi & Diem who was clearly...

  I slept through my alarm so had to settled for finishing off yesterdays mangos for breakfast. Yesterday when we had begun to lay the floor i...

  After the warning of a hard days work ahead I made plans to go with the girls for breakfast. They had chosen somewhere new and i was served ...

  The 12 hours sleep I had the previous night worked wonders and I was thankfully back to my usual self for the final week. The house has...

  Things are becoming so predictable. Firstly the taxi back to My Tho was an hour late (I suspect probably not booked at all) and secondly Har...

  I still felt pretty crap when I got up but decided to try and at least make an effort and doing some of the stuff i had planned. My first st...

  When i woke up I felt a lot better so decided to head out for breakfast. This turned out to be a bad move but luckily I had not venture...

  After a mere 3 hours sleep i woke up and dragged myself to work. At first I was surprised how much energy i had but within 1 hour ...

 I had another early start to fit in breakfast with Diem, Thuong & Vi before work but as always felt much better for it. The intensity of ...

Despite an early night I slept through breakfast and spent the entire morning thinking of food. Not a good day to make this mistake either as the w...

    I woke at 6am, and could not get back to sleep so I decided to go out and have a leisurely breakfast before work. This worked w...

  We had arranged our pick up for 7:30am so no chance of a lie in. The only cash point in My Tho that allows me to take cash out with my card ...

I stupidly thought that a Saturday at work would be different to the other days and had mentally prepared myself for an easy day. My pampered ...

  The morning started well with some good progress in the first hour before the rain began. It persisted and we didn't really manage to get an...

Today was somewhat uneventful. The only surprise was Ngoc turning up at the site as if the previous night had never happened. It was Sam's last day...

  I had only gotten 100m from the front door when the rain came down like I have never seen before. I made a mad dash but with no luck, I...

Having my bike again gave me the opportunity to go to the supermarket and have a proper breakfast before work. Work was 'same same' (classic Vietna...

 Not arriving back in My Tho till 12am did no favours when it came to a good nights sleep but I was happy to back working so put the tiredness...

  The late night & alcohol didn't stop us from getting up in time for breakfast. I could never condone missing two free meals! The we...

  I woke late but felt refreshed so didn't feel bad about sleeping past breakfast. Once up we headed away from the main hotels and bars a...

My had the weekend of work so I had invited her along with me to Mui Ne as she had never been before. We met early to catch the first bus there and...

  It seems that whenever I plans for an early start I go out the night before! I had arranged to meet Diem & Thuong at 6:45 to go for brea...

  With the freedom my bike gave me now taken away I had to wait around with the others for the motorbike taxi's to get to work. Repetative bri...

  When I woke I certainly felt I had worked hard yesterday, I ached everywhere! Sam and I spent the entire morning brick laying which is fun f...

I was up early and eager to get back into the building. So early in fact the supermarket was closed when I went for breakfast supplies. Lucky ...

  I made the most of both the last chance to lie-in and the free breakfast before we all went out about 11am. The taxi was not till 2pm so we ...

  The hotels inclusive breakfast provided the perfect start to the day and when the Easy Riders arrived at 8:30 to pick us up we were itching ...

 Simon & I were up and out for 9am in search of a better hotel to stay at for the next two nights. We were in luck as the dreams hotel the...

My luck must have been taken with them as I proceeded to loose a massive 20,000  (70p) playing cards with the young kids who live selling...

  Frustratingly rain put pay to work for the entire day, the site was too water logged to proceed. To make matters worse today and tomorrow ar...

The weather was bleak when we left for work but we had no idea it would get so bad. The morning was spent mixing yet more cement, this time to fill...

 This morning I woke feeling refreshed and ready for work for the first time in a while, the 10 hours sleep had worked wonders. I even had tim...

I woke feeling somewhat lethargic after another sleep ended prematurely. It was 6:50 allowing me just enough time to grab a shower before I h...

  I managed to drag myself out of bed just in time for some pancakes and coffee before meeting My at 11am for our trip to the water park. No m...

  I slept through my alarm waking only 10 minutes before I was due to be at work. My entire body ached and the ride to work was slow & pai...

  The title says it all, today made yesterday seem like a day on the beach. We had to dig out the foundations for the concrete pillars, (1m cu...

  Alex came to meet us at the house around 9am to take us to the new project in a taxi. The journey was only 10 minutes by car so I will ...

  This would be our final day at the house and an easy one at that. The morning was spent mixing up cement to finish off the last wall and the...

  Bill, Lizzy & Lucy gone it was over with the split shifts and time for some long days. We arrived at the site at 8am and to our delight ...

  Surpressing my hangover I joined everyone for another breakfast of noodles at around 9am before using all my will power to re...

  We were all up just in time for the free breakfast at the hotel. My dislike for eggs left me eating noodles, something I still dont apprecia...

  Work was on the back burner today as the house was complete. Well, in the eyes of the government who were not willing to give up anymore mon...

 

  The fact I had slept through my alarm and woke only 10 minutes before I was due to start work meant i arrived at the site still half asleep!...

  I spent the morning drinking coffee and trying to communicate with Thuy using her electronic dictionary with mixed results. The afternoon ca...

  It was a difficult morning as that morning there had been a death in the family of the builders, our communication issues meant we were unab...

  A 2 hour bus ride to be surrounded by 70 other toursits as my expectations were shattered was not how I had hoped to spent my Sunday. The co...

  We arrived back just in time to grab a shower before heading out to Mr Long's. Bill, Simon & I were right on schedule when we&...

  The previous nights drinking stole our morning and we had done little other than a qucik dash for food by 3pm. It was then Simon woke m...

  The afternoon shift followed the weekly trend and turned into us drinking rice wine with 3 random old Vietnamese guys. Thanks to the local i...

  The temperature cleared 40 degrees today so I was more than happy to work in the morning and hide away from the mid-day heat in the internet...

  Not having to work till 12 didnt stop me from being up early to explore the city further and drinking plenty of my new vice -...

  There are no maps available of My Tho City so I have decided to explore systematically each morning untill I know it like home. My trip took...

  Dan has been here two weeks and is a veteran of the local cafes so I joined him for a breakfast of iced-coffee and noodles before heading to...

  The day started in Ho Chi Minh with a hangover at around 11 and consisted of sleep and drinking water till around 4 when it was finally time...

  The noise and the fact the AC was broken forced me out of bed at 6am in search of water. I spent the next 4 hours wandering around HCM ...

  The lucky draw of a window seat gave me my first glimpse of my home for the next 2 or 3 months and was welcome relief from the bumpy journey...

Despite some concern that I was the only person in the que that did not have a confirmation slip in hand I checked in ok and qued up behind 20...

  Thanks to the relatively early night it was up easily by 8:30. Once I had enjoyed the free breakfast of cereal & bananas with surprising...

 Too many beers on Monday night, followed by 20 hours travelling including a very boring 4 hours in Dubai airport meant I ...

4 hour wait in the middle of the night with all the seats taken. Sleeping on the floor was not much fun!

I have made a slight alteration to my intended route, I am going to try & spend 10 days in Cambodia after my placement but before I...

Big News........ Baring a stark realisation of what spending a month with me could actually entail Deb is going to fly out and meet me in...

  I have unintentionally left it a little longer than i expected to make my second entry, i have no idea where these past 6 weeks have ...

  Since stumbling upon this website I've spent a quite a bit of time looking through other peoples blogs and have enjoyed the 'pre departu...