I spent New Year’s Eve on Phi Phi Don, which was pretty cool. Travelled down there for a week with a friend from England and relaxed amongst the bars and beaches, although the mood was slightly tempered by some pretty horrific sunburn acquired in between my arrival on the island and my purchasing some sunblock. If you have an Irish complexion (thanks Mum), sunblock is your friend.

Altogether I managed two weeks away from work, and even squeezed in a night up in Vientiane before Christmas.
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