Due to a miscalculation on my part I had an unexpected overnight stay in Columbo, Sri Lanka – which was fine by me as the airline put me up in a beach side holiday resort! I spent the day with a lovely Polish couple on the beach who I also joined on a tuk-tuk ride around the local area which was exhilarating to say the least! The Sri Lankan roads are crazy and the only rule everyone seems to agree on is honking their horns. Great fun and a really nice surprise to start my trip.

I arrived in Bangkok to very heavy rain which seemed to temporarily flood all of the streets. On the train from the airport into central Bangkok I also watched lightning hitting the skyscrapers! I checked in to my hotel which was already a treat to myself only to find I had been upgraded. The suite is amazing! Although tired I braved crossing the city and made it to china town. After being a little shy at first I tried some street food which was even cheaper than I had been led to believe. One dish I had was a big bowel of noodles with dumplings for around 60p. Although I have just arrived my first impressions are that the city is huge, hot and crazy! Time to relax on the balcony with a beer!

Today I visited some of the Bangkok temples with an Australia girl called Lauren who I met on the train. Really impressive but very crowded. I also wasn’t dressed correctly (I wasn’t originally planning on going to the temples today) so I had to hire some trousers!

Tomorrow I am heading down towards the Koh Phangan island, Thailand on an overnight train. Hopefully I will be able to upload some more photos soon.

In preparation for my upcoming Southeast Asia trip I aimed for lightweight and 25L turned out to be plenty… I even have empty pockets. Hopefully I haven’t forgotten anything (I usually take around 80L of gear)! Take care everyone and I look forward to seeing you all when I get back. Joe

2 x Eggs
3 x Bacon
2 x Sausage (1 pork & leek, 1 italian)
3 x Hash brown
2 x Black pudding
1 x Toast (dragon bread)
1 x Fried bread (dragon tiger bread)
Tomato (grilled)
Mushrooms
Baked Beans (overcooked to perfection)

… and a whole lot of heart!

I went to my brothers wedding in Brisbane before backpacking down the East coast for a month. When I got to Sydney I flew to Christchurch and spent 10 days visiting the South and North Island in New Zealand (far far too short!) before flying back to Sydney from Auckland and continuing on for my flight home out of Melbourne. An amazing trip!

A video tutorial showing how to quickly create a button similar to the “Create Account” button displayed on the YouTube homepage using HTML and CSS3.

Using the Coda text editor we can edit our HTML/CSS, preview in browser and also compare this to the YouTube button all in one window!

View the demo:
http://morehawes.co.uk/tutorials/create-account-button/index.html

View the source:
http://morehawes.co.uk/tutorials/create-account-button/index.html.txt

CSS3 gradient generator used in tutorial:
http://gradients.glrzad.com/

More advanced CSS3 gradient generator:
http://www.colorzilla.com/gradient-editor/

DuckDuckGo:
http://duckduckgo.com

Joe

Substitutions: subtract two sausages, add an extra black pudding and an extra hash brown. It’s mega.

Hanging out in the VIP area watching the bouldering world cup final. Happy days!