krabi

In the last 24 hours I have ate fantastic food, guzzled lots of cheap booze, marvelled at incredible views, been harassed by prostitutes and have visited the bog so many times I've used up two toilet rolls.

Yup, I'm in Thailand. At Ao Nang beach in Krabi, to be precise, and enjoying every minute. After a shit load of travelling since I left London last Thursday - which seems like an age away - it's nice to be at a beach resort where I don't have to do anything.

It's really quiet here, which is nice in a way and eerie in another. The place has dozens of hotels, but it's the low season and not very busy. This benefits me as I am staying in a really nice hotel for less than 20 quid a night, but also means some bars and restaurants are almost deserted in the evening.

I'm staying here for one more night (Tuesday)before getting the boat over to Ko Phi Phi. Although it is probably a bit too quiet for my liking, I'm not missing the hordes of 'Britpackers'. A conversation I had with one on the way here yesterday confirmed that much for me. It was with a girl called Kelly, aged 20 and from Blackpool, travelling with her boyfriend Dave, also 20, and from Birmingham. She asked where I was going to after Krabi.

'I'll probably visit some of the islands for a week or so, then I might get a flight from Phuket straight over to Cambodia, if I can.'

'We've been to Cambodia. If you go to Siam Reap and do the temples and stuff, trust me you only need one day there.'

'Really? The Temples of Angkor have been called the eighth wonder of the world. Most people say you need a few days there.'

'Yeah, but when you've seen one temple you've seen em' all, know what I mean?'

It's not often that I'm lost for words, but on this occasion I was. Presumably if this person ever visited the Great Wall of China it would be a waste of time, because obviously if you've seen one wall, you've seen them all. Travel really is lost on these people.

Anyway, I've not exactly had a cultural day myself. Unless you count views like the one in the above photo while I sip cocktails...