Working Nomad

Well as you know I was suppose to be going on an to Vietnam via Cambodia on Monday but instead I have been a guest at the Bangkok Mission Hospital which was not the plan!

I was admitted Sunday afternoon and was released two days later after a chest infection got the better of me! I have to say that the level of healthcare I received was excellent and if you are going to get ill in Asia then there is no better place than Bangkok!

Luckily my mate was still around to look out for me and the fact it happened while I was still here and not in Cambodia, a country where you do not want to be if in need of urgent medical attention, is something to be thankful of.

I am back to normal now and considering what to do next. I am pretty gutted I lost out on the trip and feel little motivation to go it alone now. Friends are off to Australia soon and to be honest this is more appealing to me.

So it could be Christmas / New Year in Sydney if I can find somewhere to stay!

I am joining the group for dinner tomorrow night in a new hotel before we set off of Siem Reap on Monday morning. The overland trip from Bangkok to Cambodia is pretty famous (or notorious) on the backpacker circuit in Asia.

I have yet to get a visa for Cambodia but getting one on the border should be no problem although the threat of being ripped off by officials will loom large, especially as I will have no US dollars on me.

US Dollars simply cannot be bought where I am but luckily my mate had some to help pay for my trip fees!

So Monday will be a long day but the reward will be well worth it; the largest religious complex in the World!

After a few days when I was seriously thinking my working nomad days might be over I am back in some sort of contented state of mind now. Travelling does this to you believe me!

So I am sitting here in a really cool cafe with free wifi and a great view with live coverage of the Ashes cricket in my ears (come on England!). I am feeling more motivated now to do work particularly knowing that I won’t be doing much once my Intrepid trip starts on Sunday.

My friends are all coming back to Bangkok tonight for one last night out as well so things could n’t be better. By the way the picture right is another from Phi Phi Island with my travelling companion Ryan.

I have just realised that someone has lifted the best part of $300 (in crisp US notes) from my bag at some point since I have been away. This is despite the fact I always padlock my bag up before I leave my room!

Well in all my years of travel this is only the second time I have had stuff stolen. You may remember someone http://www.workingnomad.com/64/the-many-uses-of-a-laptop-when-travelling/&quot broke into Rusty Hoe last March.

The annoying thing is I had those dollars specifically to pay for the rest of the organised trip I am going on so I have to go and get more now, probably at a much poorer rate than I got back home.

I am getting my Vietnam visa over the next few days. I was planning on going to the Embassy myself but my hotel travel agent will do all the leg work for me for a small fee. That means I can concentrate on work and make back some of that stolen cash!

I am in Bangkok now and as my friend is off tomorrow for a few days up north I am going to stick around here and get some work done.

My Adsense income has really started to slide and I had the poorest day for 6 months yesterday! Luckily the affiliate income is still steady.

I have free wi-fi access in my room as I am above a restaurant where the British owner has kindly allowed me the password to his connection to use anytime.

I have to visit the Vietnamese Embassy this week to get my Visa which is going to set me back quite a few dollars.