After heading back to Bangkok early from Chiang Mai on the Overnight train, we headed to Khao San Rd to drop off our luggage at our friends Tong & Chang's shop for the day, and decided to get some last minute shopping done. By this stage we were feeling really crusty having not had a shower for 24 hours, and knowing that we wouldn't get a shower until later that night... We left our stuff with Chang and headed straight for Siam Paragon Shopping Centre. Last time we were in Bangkok we had wanted to visit the Aquarium that is in [View Full Entry]

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Our last few days in Chiang Mai were spent shopping up a storm and taking an essential cooking course... something that is on every tourists 'must do' list while in North Thailand.... so our last blog left us arriving back from the Elephant Nature Park... me still sick, and Rinna getting on the booze with the staff of CM Blue. You Want Me To Poo In WHAT?! *Skip to the next section if you are eating breakfast! LOL* A new day dawned and I wasn't feeling any better. By this stage, after almost 6 weeks of constant diahorrea, I had just [View Full Entry]

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Sorry for the delay between blogs, but I was pretty sick for the last 7-10 days of our trip, and now that I am home (a few days earlier than planned) I can sit in the comfort of my own bedroom and update the last week of our blog.. which I intend to do over a couple of blogs. This blog is based purely on our day at the Elephant Nature Park... We were meant to do an overnight stay the day after we arrived in Chiang Mai but due to me being sick, we made the decision to spend the [View Full Entry]

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We are back.... and I have an apology to make ... I am SORRY PHUKET... Last year I never gave you enough credit... I hated you, but that has all changed after 3 short nights... :-) From Phuket Town we headed straight to Patong.. and a few nights on much needed luxury at the Holiday Inn.. WOW! This place is really great.... as nice as Merlin Beach Resort was last year, it still seemed a little overpriced, and the remoteness (along with their taxi mafia) left me with a not so great impression... Holiday Inn on the other hand.. well.. it [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone... We are finally back to civilisation and have had an amazing time since I last wrote... Last time I wrote we were still on Ko Pha-ngan... and getting to Khao Lak was not without its funny moments (this is Thailand!!). We stayed overnight in Thong Sala, and got the 7am ferry (choosing the Raja car ferry as its BIG).. The crossing was not too bad, but by the time we reached Surat Thani it was pelting down rain... quite funny seeing us bolt off an unsteady boat in the pouring rain with 20+ kilos on our backs for a [View Full Entry]

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I promise this will not be a long blog, but there will be lots of crazy photos!! On the 24th we finally got to attend the full moon party! I was a bit wary as to what to expect, having heard the numerous stories of it being an 18 years old's paradise... however we had managed to round up some people in the 'older' age bracket off Trip Advisor before we left and so were feeling confident we could tackle it head on with a group of us... and tackle it we did!! The night started at the Outback Bar. This [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone Well we are finally down south in the Islands at Ko Phangan, relaxing on the beach with cocktails in hand... it really is the life! So what have we been up to since we last left you? Lots of drama... lots of relaxing... Rinna has even managed to read the first 2 books of her life!! We had quite a fun day in Bangkok during our quick stopover... first we dropped our luggage to the train station then we caught the subway/skytrain to a shopping centre called Siam Paragon. Very posh, but it had a massive food court, and [View Full Entry]

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Or as Rinna affectionately calls it ... Stubbtoesville.... Rinna and the footpaths of Chiang Rai do not agree with each other... there has been blood, sweat and tears... several times! Sooooo after we hightailed it out of Laos we headed over the border to the dodgy little town of Chiang Khong which we promptly realised had no money exchanges open on a Sunday.. kind of a problem when all you have are travelers cheques... luckily the 2nd ATM machine we found was working, we loaded up on Baht and decided to be stubborn "NO WE DON'T WANT A TUK TUK" and [View Full Entry]

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Hello again, On the 16th we set off on what was going to be the most amazing experience of our trip so far, and we both were nervous but excited... we were off on the 'Gibbon Experience'. Now alot of you already know what it is about but for those that don't, here is a brief rundown.... What is the Gibbon Experience? The Gibbon Experience is set in the Bokeo Nature Reserve in Laos, about a 3 hour drive from Huay Xui. The first half of the trip is on normal but very windy roads, the second half is pretty much [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone, Its been a long time since our last blog and alot has happened... This blog covers the Luang Prabang and Slow Boat part of our trip: Freezing our a$$es off in South East Asia! Well its been a loooooong cold few days.... and we cannot believe we are in the tropics of Laos! It is freezing.. seriously.... Luang Prabang was lovely. A quaint little town listed as a world heritage site, full of cafes, bakeries and tuktuks.... we had a good time, but it could have been great had the weather played ball with us! It is sooooo cold.. [View Full Entry]

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