Adventure time

After spending almost a year trying to save as much as possible, working a mundane office job to get a bit of money together I have finally entered the light at the end of the tunnel. Its pretty bright and very hot! My southeast Asia trip which I am going alone. My first destination is bangkok for three nights then a flight to krabi where I will do a 'workaway' in koh lanta in a hostel by the beach. Followed by visiting a friend in Vietnam and then another workaday in Kuala Lumpur. Hopefully I can plan a bit more the further I get on... And hopefully make some friends!

I packed my backpack the night before and was dropped off at the airport ready for a very long journey and regrettably not armed with very much to keep me entertained as I had packed my tablet into my backpack. Probably the biggest mistake ever as a six hour wait in Germany followed by an 11 hour flight with no free films OR FOOD?! Thank god I had a few snacks in the airport and was seated next to a lovely girl that had lived in Chiang Mai for 10 years. She had come to teach English and I guess just loved it so much she didn't want to leave. That's a good sign! She also gave me lots of handy tips like dont flush the toilet paper and dont trust the tuk tuk drivers and left me with her email address to meet up if I go to chiang mai.

We parted ways and I got my taxi to khao San road for 350 baht. I've honestly never sweated so much as when I arrived carrying my backpack and struggling to avoid hassling tuk tuk drivers in 38 degree heat. After a few lemonades in cafes to use their WiFi I finally found my hostel and was greeted by two smiling, friendly faces. I was then taken to my room and just my luck I'm the only one there. It was the afternoon here and I had set off about 24 hours prior to getting here so I'm kind of glad I was alone at this point because I was pretty sweaty and gross by now in desperate need of a shower. So the less people that saw and smelt me the better.

My hostel is called 'once again hostel and I would reccomend it to anyone. The staff are really helpful and the rooms are clean with a locker and privacy curtain. And more importantly air con! 👏

I spent the rest of my day exploring khao San road area and the surroundings. Its such a bizzare place to arrive after living in a small English seaside town. It's very overwhelming to wander around the streets there is so much to take in and so many interesting things to see which aren't even supposed to touristic features. Just simply the people, the architecture of amazing regal palaces directly next to run down shacks and makeshift stalls. Its also crazily busy, crossing the road is a serious challenge.

Thankfully I came back to my room with another girl the had arrived. Sam was English and lovely to chat to for the night she had been go the islands to two weeks but was heading to Vietnam in the morning.

Hopefully I will be able to keep this blog updated as I will probably spend a lot of time alone. It'll be a great look back on different places, I'm sure there will be lots of ups and downs and getting lost but it all makes for great memories and is part of the adventure.