Today we get off the beach for a day and join a 4×4 off-road tour of most of Samui’s attractions. Some will be delightful, some mysterious, and – be warned! – things get a little graphic from time to time. So hold on tight! Heading south out of Chaweng, there’s a chance to grab a…

Well I didn’t make to Wat Arun for the sunrise on Wednesday. Never mind. But what else did you expect… Later that day I flew down to Ko Samui for six nights, and now we find ourselves on Chaweng beach, its biggest town and hottest nightspot, round the corner from the airport. The narrow high…

Bangkok is a huge, pulsating megalopolis bursting with traffic, fumes, people, energy. Any opportunity to shut out the noise for a while should be taken and cherished. Lumphini Park, in the southwest of the city centre, was created by King Rama VI of (then called) Siam in the 1920s. That’s him there. It’s not very…

Monday, after Wat Arun, further up along the Thonburi bank. Bangkok’s elevated BTS Skytrain metro is a world-class public transport system that rivals anything we have in Britain. The normal overground railway, isn’t. This is Thonburi station, Bangkok’s second terminus. I think it’s rather more charming than the BTS. One of the great attractions of…

Ok. So here’s my new blog, and we’re going to be covering my return trip to South East Asia. I was hoping to push something out yesterday (Monday) but got a little delayed. More later. Anyway… So here we are in Bangkok, hot, smoggy, stunning Bangkok, and we’re on the best place to be on…