Catherine Stocker
The Freedom Diaries - stories of travel through South East AsiaCath Colada
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February 1st 2012
The time has come again to update you all on our latest adventures. The update is coming a little later than promised as we are now in an overloaded bus on our way to Hoi An in Vietnam and the warmth and comfort of Laos is all but a distant memory. My last update saw us saying farewell to Thailand as we crossed the Friendship Bridge in to Laos. A 20 minute journey to cross a 200m bridge should have given us an indication as to what was to come when travelling in Laos but so innocent we were not knowing the highways we were accustomed to in Thailand were to become all but a memory of ‘the way life was’. Our first stop in Laos was the capital Vientiane. After becoming instant millionaires getting €50 ... read more
The Freedom Diaries - Part 1 - Thailand
Published: January 14th 2012Asia » Thailand » North-East Thailand » Nong Khai
January 14th 2012
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
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