Archives for December, 2009

sand, sea, sun, snorkelling, scooters, night markets, friends and a motorbike


3 – 15 December 2009
I am writing this on a train to Kanchanaburi, it’s 9.30am. Rafeena and I have been travelling for nearly 24hours, we left Ko Pha-Ngan yesterday at midday on a ferry, caught a bus to the train station then a night train to a station before Bangkok.

We were on Ko Pha-Ngan for [...]

Bangkok rendezvous


30 November to 2 December
Or two.
I arrived back in Bangkok at 6pm, and Bazz (on a stopover for 20hours) was due to arrive at 6.30pm and my friend/housemate Rafeena from Fremantle at 7pm. What timing!
I’ll be travelling with Raf for the next 6 weeks. First 3 weeks in southern Thailand, then 3 weeks in Laos, [...]

Dengue, and Cambodia


20 to 28 November 2009
The doctor in Phnom Penh confirmed that I had Dengue Fever (I must have caught it from mosquitoes in Thailand, near the Burmese border). But despite it now being 9 days I’ve been sick (including fever, headache, rash, vomitting once), it’s a mild case. Dengue Fever is often called breakbone fever, [...]