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March 4th 2013
Summary: Elephant riding Bamboo Rafting Trekking Read more... More to follow soon guys... read more
March 4th 2013
Matt and I are so glad that someone suggested a night on a junk boat in Halong Bay. This was a vacation within a vacation. It was a rather long bus ride (3.5 hours) one way, but well worth it. It is foggy season in Halong Bay, but that almost made it more majestic. The bay consists of hundreds of small (mostly uninhabited) islands that just are spotted off the coast. There are some amazing caves on some of the islands that we got to explore, as well as kayak around the floating fisherman villages (complete with schools and dogs!). I am quite proud of myself for eating so much seafood (I am still not at the point were I enjoy it yet). We are meeting a lot of Austrailans on this trip, including 4 friends ... read more
March 3rd 2013
Summary: Dozy house Bus station for tickets to Chiang Khong Night Markets Read more... More to follow soon guys... read more
Bridge over troubled water
Published: March 3rd 2013Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai
March 3rd 2013
Chiang Mai, 28–31 January Luang Prabang, 31 January–3 February Chiang Mai is one of those places that conjures up all sorts of images in my mind – thick jungle, elephants treading over muddy rivers and an exotic wonderland. In reality, when C and I arrived we were greeted by a very drab, very grey city that did not seem to live up to any of our expectations or, indeed, anything we had heard about it before. We headed out from our guesthouse (at £16 a night, we had a balcony, hot water and a gorgeous room - I love a bargain) into the warm, humid afternoon to explore the town. We wandered through the gateway in the Old City walls as we figured this would be the prettiest part of the city, at which point it ... read more
Ko Phangan and Chiang Mai
Published: March 2nd 2013Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai
March 2nd 2013
I'm typing this in the common room of a backpacker hostel in Chiang Mai. There are currently two young Canadian girls who obviously haven't learned how to drink yet puking their guts out in the bathroom. Their male friend has passed out on his back on the couch, maybe I should turn him over so he doesn't choke to death on his own vomit. Nah, I'm sure he'll be fine. I feel old all of a sudden, although the reviews I'd read of this place had warned me it catered to a younger crowd. However I'd left it late to book somewhere to stay here and this was the only place left, a recurring theme. Actually what am I talking about, I'd happily have joined in usually but decided to take it easy tonight after a ... read more
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February 21st 2013
Since we've found a fairly cheap and decent internet place close to where we're staying at the moment, I thought'd I'd do another quick blog before we head up to the Laos border, where internet cafes full of excitable Thai nerds playing some kind of online fantasy game are probably quite difficult to come by. Following our elephant adventure yesterday we rounded the day off with a BBQ put on by the hostel owner. It was a cracking meal and really nice to spend the evening chatting with all our fellow travellers at the place. I was sat next to a very amiable american guy named Tom, he'd been travelling around the world for 8 months already, so it was great to pick up some tips and advice and hear some of his stories. He also ... read more
Hi from Pai & Making Friends with Elephants
Published: February 20th 2013Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai
February 20th 2013
Following a pretty fantastic jazz session after the last blog in Chiang Mai, we took the bus up north to the mountain town of Pai. Despite it being a 762 turn road and rumours that it was a pretty hairy ride, the only real issues were a Japanese girl throwing up and me accidentally holding up the entire bus whilst trying to negotiate a particularly difficult frozen cornetto. Hairy stuff indeed. The first thing you're hit with when you arrive in Pai is the sheer beauty of the surroundings. It's a wonderful hippy town set up in the mountains with incredible views all around it. I'm not a great believer in scenery, bu Pai has pretty much nothing but mountains and valleys surrounding it. It's the location of a couple of popular Thai films; and very ... read more
February 18th 2013
Hello everybody!! We arrived in Chiang Mai last Monday morning after taking the sleeper train from Bangkok on Sunday evening. We were a little worried about getting here because all the trains were full due to Chinese New Year. We were lucky to make friends with a tour operator in Bangkok who called himself Jimmy Saville (not sure if he's heard about the recent revelations or not but we didn't want to break the news to him if he hadn't) who managed to get us on an extra train...effectively Jim fixed it for us.... We were seriously impressed with the standard of the train, we had loads of space, air con, a 5 dish meal brought to our seats and around 10pm the staff came round and transformed our seats into bunk beds! Suzanne had a ... read more
Sawadee Ka from Chiang Mai, Thailand
Published: February 16th 2013Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang MaiFebruary 16th 2013
So here I am in Thailand and this is the first blog post since arriving and I know some of you guys are practically about to be sick with excitement (my brother) to find out what the hell I have been up to! So I am now in Chiang Mai the unofficial capital of the north of Thailand. Let me start off by asking what are the top items you pack when travelling to the other side of the world? Let me think now flip flops, sun cream, bikini all good so far, shorts, T-shirt and potato peeler. Potato peeler! Oh yes this is what the security guard at Delhi airport thought I was carrying in my hand luggage of all things! Just in case I need to start peeling some spuds for my dinner on ... read more
Chiang Mai, Thailand - Revisited
Published: February 14th 2013Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai
February 14th 2013
Dear Grace and Mag, Just a short entry today! These are the pictures of my day trip. Did so much in one day - visited butterfly frm, orchid farm, went to see different tribes with long necks and big ear piercings, rode on an elephant, went trekking in jungle for a bit, went to see good waterfall, and done rafting which was so much fun although the boat kept getting stuck on rocks need a bit of practise!! For the rest of my time here I just been chilling by a pool and meeting really nice new people (one of whom I'll probably meet in Brisbane where she lives!!) from all over the world. Hope you like the pictures. Lots of love xxxx... read more
