Blogs from North-East Thailand, Thailand, Asia

After one short boat ride, a slightly longer van ride and an even longer bus ride we were at the Laos/Thailand border. We'd budgeted ourselves right down to the last bit of our kip so we could just afford a Beer Laos to split before leaving the country. Which is why we were slightly dismayed to find that you are charged to leave the country! We werent sure what the charge was for exactly, but as we were out of kip we had to dig into some of our Thai Baht we had saved from our previous visit to Bangkok. I say this like it was a big deal but really it was about a $1.50. Not such a big thing but when you get dinged little charges here and there ultimately for just being a ... read more

23.3.2012 We travelled all day from Chaing Mai to Chaing Kong in a mini bus to the border of Thailand and Laos. The bus driver was a dick and attempted make us pay again when we had already paid! Another scam as usual. Once we got to the hotel it was all sorted. On the way we stopped off at a really beautiful temple. It was all white, diffferent from all the other temples we have seen. It had koi carp ponds surrounding it and really nice gardens. Mx... read more

Kedves olvasoim, lassan a vegehez er az utolso kurzusom Thaifoldon, holnap teljes testmasszazst adnak a tanoncok, utana 6-an lemegyunk Chiang Mai-ba, es 7-en Bangkokba utazom, hogy megkezdjem a nagy evakuaciot. 8.an hajnal 2 kor indul a gep, es ezuttal az idozonak ellen repoulve, "jo sok idot nyerve":) 9en 12,25 re er be a gep a ferihegy 2b-re. Irjatok nyugodtan, ha van valmilyen ujsag otthon,vagy szemelyesen jovo heten talalkozunk, Nagyoleles mindenkinek, Balazs... read more

As I sit here looking across the Mekong River in to Laos from my little slice of Thai tranquillity, I thought it was time to share the experiences and adventures that Thailand has provided us with. Tomorrow we continue our journey in to Laos, another country, another culture, another beer. We have had 10 amazing days in Thailand which began what feels like a month ago in the chaos that is known as Bangkok. After a 22-hour journey with no sleep and plenty of emotions, we arrived in Bangkok. Walking in to the wall of heat that greeted us at the airport, we shed our layers of clothes and shook of the remnants of winter bracing ourselves for long two months ahead of us. After 40 minutes of flying through Bangkok traffic, the taxi driver, in ... read more

Aqui estoy, llevando a cabo mi objetivo de viajar 4 meses intermitente al anyo sin que la economia se resienta demasiado (este ultimo punto es condicionante jeje). Por ahora he empezado con un viaje a tailandia y filipinas de 20 dias gracias a unas millas aereas que habia ahorrado 4 anyos (la enye no funciona). la verdad es que nunca me gusto la pelicula Lost in Translation pero ahora la entiendo. Al salir de Bangkok, las cadenas que emiten musica en ingles cesan, y te adentras en el autentico mundo Tai, ahora mismo estoy en un sitio que se llama Pechabaun (aprox). Aqui no habla ingles conversacional ni las recepcionistas. Al hacer esto te conviertes en un autentico observador tanto de esta cultura asiatica como de la nuestra a la que inevitablemente la comparas y entiendes ... read more

We left Penang and got a ferry to Butterworth, where we waited for our train to Bangkok. A quick stop at the border and we were soon in Thailand, enjoying a Thai curry and a beer, before our seats where turned into beds and we woke up in Bangkok. After spending about eight hours in Bangkok we boarded another overnight train to Nong Khai. We arrived, not particularly refreshed, and bundled into a Tuk tuk which took us to the Mut Mee Hostel. After a much needed shower and rest we visited the hostel bar where Stuart played guitar and drums with a group of Thais until it was time to go to bed. On New Years Eve we hired pushbikes and cycled through the town until we reached the sculpture park. There were many large ... read more

The simple life. It's all you can do to sit on the porch and watch people go by. Reading a book is exciting. The only news is what the clouds look like, and it's always good news. Everything moves slow and has plenty of time to get there. Nothing's better than a good pair of shoes, or some fresh laundry, or a refreshing swim. There are no "should"s. Disdain fades into the past and Love cracks a smile. It's the simple life man, words can't describe it. I am, however, a product of a technological upbringing. So here, from my simple, sunny perch, I watch, starry eyed, as the western world cracks its caccoon and unfurls its techno-colored wings. Fly oh western world, fly. Heed Icarus' plight. Mad love to all my home boys and home ... read more

Right I am not going to bore you with every little detail of our trip, most people get hooked to things like big brother because you get to see all the best bits, you can imagine watching 24 hours of a show (BORING) but when you take all the best bits and this 24 hours now becomes 1 hour you have something that people will be interested in. I am now updating my blog and it’s the 19th at 14:55pm, its 5 to 6am just now for the people that are trying to work that out. We arrived at out hotel, now for £6.00 a night, you can’t really complain at anything and to be truthful with you there is nothing really to complain about, the people were fantastic as soon as we entered we were ... read more