I have been in Thailand now for just about a week, got used to the heat and got over the jet-lag and general unbalancedness after being in the cold of Manchester for the last six weeks. I am presently looking at some houses ready to move from my bad apartment in the town and experience more of a country vibe.

I am in Kanchanaburi (2.5 hrs Northwest of Bangkok) which is close to the Burmese border. This province is famed for it’s mountainous landscape, waterfalls, jungle terrains and caves.

In this weeks video I am on the famous River Kwai Bridge in Kanchanaburi.  Made famous by the film The Bridge on the River Kwai, a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on the novel The Bridge over the River Kwai  by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting. It stars William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, and Sessue Hayakawa.

I have been using Kanchanaburi as a base  for the majority of the last 8 years and I am hoping to show you more over the coming weeks.

I hope you guys are liking my videos so far.  Let me know what you want more of and ask any questions in the comments section below.

Also don’t forget to check out my previous video post here

Welcome.  So this is where it all starts.  Quite a daunting thing to be writing a first blog post. Where will it all lead to.

The adventure starts here, well sort of…

I have been working online for a about 4 years now mainly in the shadows and I have learned some most amazing stuff over the past few years. Today is the start of me changing all that, today I start to publish more stuff about me and contributing my opinion to today’s crazy world both online and off.

I am kicking this blog of with me finally facing a huge fear of mine of speaking to camera (seriously you don’t know how long I have been putting it off). It is also the start of me committing myself to doing more videos of me sharing some of my adventures and offering tips on traveling, web biz building and lifestyle design along the way.

In this video I am (attempting to) explain that I am on my way to Thailand and I have quite an adventure ahead of me.  The thing is at the time of filming this video Thailand has some serious violent political protests going on and I was wondering how it will turn out. One of the reasons I am in Thailand is  also to put an end to my Indian Restaurant and Wraps Delivery Businesses. These  I am having to close because of  the sharp drop in Thai Tourism and the future of Thai Tourism not looking to get better any time soon.

Related Video.

Raging violence in the Thai capital claimed eight more lives on Saturday as gunfire and explosions echoed around tense streets where there have been pitched street battles between troops and protesters.

Related Articles.

• Political Unrest in Thailand Makes for True Adventure Travel (prweb.com)
• The roots of Thailand’s protest movement (theworld.org)