2002-2005 (c) GetJealous.com, All rights reserved. http://www.getjealous.com/johndatherton/rss.xml http://www.getjealous.com/johndatherton http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=517017&go=johndatherton I would just like to say a big thank you to everyone I have traveled with and met along the way and to all the people who have read my blog and posted messages over the past 6 months.I have enjoyed writing the blogs and posting the pictures. Hopefully now you will all know where I have been and what I have been up to so I wont have to explain everything to you when I see you!!!!!There are so many ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=517017&go=johndatherton Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=517011&go=johndatherton The flight to Bangkok went smoothly and I managed to change my flight so I would be leaving the next day. I had one day and night to kill in Bangkok. It was pretty easy. I did some more shopping as it was my last chance and went to watch the new Batman movie at an IMAX theatre.I flew out of Bangkok on the day that the Prime Minister announced the city to be in a state of emergency. I didn't see an... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=517011&go=johndatherton Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=516659&go=johndatherton In my last blog I complained about the journey to Luang Prabang. However I feel I must give the driver of that horrible bus some credit. When I traveled to Vang Vieng by minibus in daylight I could see what a state the roads were in. They were very windy, often with steep drops, there were hundreds of potholes, several land slides and a few areas where the road had actually given way and slid down... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=516659&go=johndatherton Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=516295&go=johndatherton The journey to Luang Prabang was a bit of a nightmare. It started off in Phnom Penh where I flew to Vientiane without any problems. I then had to wait another 3 hours to get the overnight bus and what a bus it was! I was sat right at the back underneath two huge fan-heater things that were really noisy. They had oversold the bus so there were people sat on deckchairs in the middle of the aisle. Th... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=516295&go=johndatherton Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=515695&go=johndatherton I spent two nights in Phnom Penh and that was enough. It is not a very nice city, its full of rubbish and other than the obligatory sights not much to it at all. I arrived in the afternoon and found myself a cheap hostel. It was family run and very pleasant. That afternoon I walked around the city, past Independence monument to the Laos Airlines office where I booked a flight to Vientiane. The nex... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=515695&go=johndatherton Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514889&go=johndatherton I left Bangkok by train at 6am the day after Jo left. I was going to meet Teb at Siem Reap in Cambodia for a few days before he went back to Bangkok to fly home for his Grandmothers funeral. Siem Reap is the closest town to the Angkor temples and I planned to stay there a few days before heading to Phnom Penh and Laos and then returning to Bangkok to fly home myself.It was a 6 hour journey to the ... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514889&go=johndatherton Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514554&go=johndatherton After a month in Thailand we found ourselves back in Bangkok. We stayed on the Khao San road in the backpacker area of Banglamphu, the same street where Teb and I stayed the first time round. However, this time I was in a much nicer hotel! For the two and bit days that Jo and I were in Bangkok all we did was shop, shop and shop some more. Between us we pretty much bought half of MBK which is a hug... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514554&go=johndatherton Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514539&go=johndatherton Railay bay is paradise, well almost... The only problem with Railay is that there are other people there. If it was empty then it definitely would be paradise. At least there isn't much building there, unlike Phi Phi. There are just a handful of resorts that are kept away from the beach. There are barely any shops and bars, so it is relatively quiet. We had decided to splash out a bit in Railay as... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514539&go=johndatherton Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514531&go=johndatherton We took a short boat ride to neighbouring island Ko Phi Phi (pronounced pee pee). The boat was only 1.5 hours long but it was so hot and we were sat outside for the most of it, bit of a nightmare. We arrived in crystal clear waters and could see hundreds of fish swimming around the boat. Phi Phi is quite a small island and is supposed to be one of the most beautiful in Thailand. It was also one of... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=514531&go=johndatherton Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=510817&go=johndatherton Patong is the biggest beach resort on Phuket. It is packed with tourists, neon signs, hundreds of souvenir shops and plenty of go-go bars. The only reason we went to Patong was because we fancied a night out and that was the place to go. We spent the day walking around the shops and and along the beach. Patong is nothing special, the beach is nice but it is very crowded. That evening we went out w... http://www.getjealous.com/getjealous.php?action=showdiaryentry&diary_id=510817&go=johndatherton Sat, 9 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT