I arrived in Chiang Mai after a long 38 hours of travelling (a night bus to Bangkok, a day in Bangkok and then a night train to Chiang Mai). Thankfully the night train provided a bed, and it seems the opportunity to be horizontal was all I needed to get a good nights sleep. After …
West Coast – Krabi and Phuket
So the majority of my first week in Thailand has been a wild week by the water. Firstly i headed to Krabi to catch up with Sue (the girl I met in the Philippines) and attend her birthday bash, and then I went a little further North to Phuket to complete my PADI Advanced Diving …
Bangkok in Brief
My time in Bangkok was brief but enjoyable, I definitely look forward to returning later in the month to explore more of the many places I left untouched. Arriving at 6am I managed, with a little help from locals, to successfully travel via local bus to my hostel. However, as my bed would not be …
Vientiane
I was to be staying four nights here, as I applied for my Thailand 60 day visa on Friday morning, and needed to wait until Monday morning to collect it. Although there were a couple of trips on offer for the surrounding area, such as seeing a Buddha Park around one hour away, I wanted …
Vang Vieng
I took the bus with Janeth, one of the girls I had met in Luang Prabang, arriving in Vang Vieng early afternoon. It didn’t take us long to find a hostel, and while we were booking we met a guy who decided to take a single room upstairs, splashing out in his final week of …
Luang Prabang
I had decided to travel straight from Thakhek to Luang Prabang in the North of Laos to get the large trip over in one go. This was a good idea in the most part though I was starting to feel I would be forever stuck on a bus winding back and forth on the last …
Thakhek – The Loop
I arrived at Thakhek Lodge early evening with the aim of securing a motorbike, and some travelling buddies, to be able to start The Loop the following morning. I had already met one woman who wanted to do this on the bus journey from Pakse, and we found another girl at the Lodge to join …
Bolaven Plateau, Pakse
I didn’t get to see much of Pakse itself, being a little worried about running out of time for everything else I wanted to do in Laos. I decided to only spend one full day in the area and used this to visit the Bolaven Plateau, or at least a small part of it. I …
Don Det, Four Thousand Islands
Having completed my first land border crossing, and being charged $3 more in bribes than we were told we should have, we arrived at the boat to Don Det just as the sun was setting. I could not have asked for a better introduction to Laos, heading down the Mekong River, surrounded by small islands …
Siem Reap
I used my first full day to explore the city, and to stretch my legs after so much lazy time on the island. My walk took me along the riverside and then further into the tourist area of the city to the Central Market. This reminded me a lot of the market in Phnom Penh …