In 2008 I 'persuaded' my boss to give me three months off work, picked up my backpack, and set off to explore South East Asia. From my current home in China, I flew to Kuala Lumpur, before heading north to Chiang Mai in Thailand, then into Burma (Myanmar). I then headed east and picked up the course of the Mekong river through Laos and Cambodia. After a trip to the ruins of Angkor, I ended up in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.

You can read my diary entries in order, or jump to any entry that interests you using the table of contents on the right. Each entry contains links to my photo gallery with a bigger selection of photographs.

So please stow your tray table, put your seat in the upright position, put your bag in the overhead lockers or under the seat in front of you, fasten your seatbelt and prepare for liftoff...

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