well its the last day of the tour and we are just sat wiating for our taxi to arrive. Since the last post in patayya i have had my hotel room broken into and anything that worth much got robbed. so has a put a bit of a downer on the last couple of weeks here. after that incident we took a couple of days to cycle back up into bangkok where we have been staying ij the khao san road area. which is like backpacker central. The whole trip has gone really fast over here and it only feels like [View Full Entry]

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hello all though i would do another update although not too much to talk about this time. Since my last post we have moved on from sieam reap and crossed the border back into Thailand. the route we took was straight along highway 6 to the border at poi pet. the ride to the border took a day and a half. The first leg was to Sisophon which was just over 100km and was straight into yet another terrible headwind. the ride was one road all the way which was very open and exposed which made it tough when the winds [View Full Entry]

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Hi all not updated for a while as i havent really had the chance to do so or a good internet connection. At the moment i am currently at Siem Reap, Cambodia. this is the place for those who don't now are where the temples of angkor are. well about 8km up the road actually. Since Hoi Chi Minh City (HCMC) we set off for the border. the first day we got to GO Dau still just within Vietnam. This wasn't the best ride as it took over two hours just to get out of HCMC. with the total ride taking [View Full Entry]

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Well its only been four days since the last update but quite a bit has happenend and i have an hour to burn so i thought i would do an update. Well on monday evening we left nha trang on a train that actually arrived on time which was a bit of a shock. when we then got on it, it seemed like a palace compared to the others with wood panel walls a good bed and a swish HD TV in our room although it did only play some crappy train DVD. we then settled it to bed and I [View Full Entry]

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well not updated the blog for a while so i thought it was about time i got it done. since last time we have left vinh and headed to hue. we did this on the ever so luxurios 1st class train overnight in a sleeper carriage. my luxurious i mean stuck in a room 6ft by 6ft by 6ft with 6 of us rammed in it stacked three high on each side in bunks. As usual the train was a good hour and a half late arriving at hue so meant we spent a total of about ten hours on it. [View Full Entry]

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well we have know left laos and entered vietnam. It has been a hard hilly ride to get here but after a few massive passes we made it. we left luang probang heading south down route 13 towards the capital. with the original intention to do a short day when we left we arrived at the guest house to find in wasnt too good. so we decided to press on for what the map said was 25 kms to the next town. although the problem was that the map wasnt right and the actual distance was 55km. this comprised of a [View Full Entry]

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well we have a last arrived in laos and managed to find an internet connection even though it is painfully slow. we found that the further away from the capital you are the slower it is. and were miles away. well after we left chang saen we headed over to chang khong it was a hilly route and as normal it was bloody hot cos we dont leave the hotel to about 9 30. we arrived there a booked ourselves in a good hotel overlooking the mekong river. The next morning we got up early to get out of thailand and [View Full Entry]

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hi all. after a long 14 hour train journey on tuesday night we arrived at chang mai. we managed to get in an aprtment with air con and en suite for the night for 300baht (6 quid). we only stayed one night at there wasnt at much to see as thought. we also found that they were still celebrating sonkran and throwing buckets of water at us. often ice cold. so we left thursday morning and set off for for chang dao. this was my first proper ride and the temp was over 40 degrees. the ride started flat and then [View Full Entry]

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only writing to add a few pictures really in the past couple of days we have been on one of the boats which goes up the river. we found this to be a good way to see parts of the city we have not yet discoverd. on the trip we saw wat arun on the river a bank a large temple similar to a pryamid really built by the chinese in the 1700's. so today we cycled 5 miles arcoos bangkok to go and see the temple. this made a change from all the walking we have done all across the [View Full Entry]

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hi all. this is my first entry. not much to talk about yet buts its all going ok (ish). been stuck in bangkok a bit longer than expected as the trains to chang rai are all fully booked. it also doesnt help with thai new year being on the 13th so everything shuts down then. On the good side its well cheaper than home our evening meal tonight cost 90Baht for all three of us thats about 60p each, there beer is also cheap a massive bottle at 8percent is about 70P. well thats all for now i reckon should be [View Full Entry]

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