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Friday  Back at the sports bar I had an evening of visual wonderment watching Jay on the pole. She's 35 and used to be a massage girl but now she's the star attraction in Oscar's Sports Bar. She gets paid…

So after five nights staying in the rather reserved Kata Beach area I've moved up the island to Patong where the majority of the nightlife and denauchery is to be found. The hotel is right on the beach and aside…

Phuket is just an hour by plane from Bangkok and is one of the biggest resorts in Thailand. Phuket is one of the 76 provinces and is actually an island (the largest in Thailand) lying in the Andaman Sea although…

Bangkok has become one of my favourite cities and after three days here I feel my senses have been fully assaulted. I still wouldn't say I know the city even after three visits but I'm getting better at not getting…

I had one last morning in Perth before heading for the airport and a flight to Bangkok. Something I didn't have time to do last time was Kings Park which is one of the main attractions of the city. I…

Astrid and I debarked and joined the world's longest taxi line. I was remarkably calm about it. Katy would have been proud of me. In fact I was so calm she probably would have taken me straight to a medical…

Our final port call on this trip was Port Arthur and what a lovely place it was. Just a little further round the coast from Hobart is one of Australia's eleven World Heritage Sites. Not for the first time, the…

We were due to stop at Burnie in Tasmania as out first stop however the wave height and wind speed meant aborting that plan and heading straight for Hobart. An unscheduled sea day was actually most welcome giving me time…

Melbourne has become one of my favourites cities and I was determined to be well enough for a mooch round. Astrid had gone on a tour and Ben had left early to go to the casino. Regrettably Ben asked me…

Perhaps I exaggerated the effectiveness of German nursing as the MF took a turn for the worse. I decided that a day on the ship would be best although watching Tess of the D'urbervilles may not have been the wisest…