I’m leaving the island in a couple of days for a holiday (that makes me laugh so much).

My 90 day visa stamp is up on the 26th of January and I need to leave the country and re-enter so I can get another 90 days. So on the 20th I fly to Bangkok and from there head north up to Chiang Rai. I’ll probably go trekking for a few days to visit the hill tribes and play the tourist before crossing the Laos border at Chiang Khong. Once I get across the river into Laos I climb aboard a… Continue reading →

I was lucky enough to be invited to the wedding of John & Wan, good friends I have met here, they have been running a small bar/restaurant on the island for 6 years and finally got married a couple of days ago! Here they are in their wedding gear.

Their party was excellent, they both did a really good job of decorating and setting up the garden with help from their neighbours. The food was superb and the company was cool. I did have to chuckle when I asked John how it felt to wear a suit? He just replied… Continue reading →

Firstly happy new year to you all, I hope you had a good new years eve! Mine was pretty good although news of the multiple bombings in Bangkok and Chaing Mai put a bit of a dampener on it.

I woke up yesterday lunchtime with what I though was a hangover, but it didn’t go away it just got worse, by early evening my right ear was aching a lot, very painful and I felt generally washed out. I went to bed early but woke up a couple of hours later with the whole right side of my face hurting,… Continue reading →