sophienmichael

After a 22 hour bus ride to Laos' capital Vienitene, we decided to spend the night here and hit the bars due to the fact it was my birthday. We had heard Vientiene was a relatively quiet place and soon discovered this was true as we were turfed from a local bar (where we witnessed a very high standard pool tournament) at 1.30am! We were really tired from the long travel though so we decided to go to bed and travel to Vang Vieng the next day. We made ourselves at home in Vang Vieng and soon realised not only was this the home of tubing (an extremely fun water sport which involved rubber tubes, giant slides and the local dirty river not to mention plenty of alcohol), but it was also the home of lost ... read more

Ho Chi Minh City was one of the most interesting places we could have visited in South-East Asia. We spent a bit of time at the local market where Sophie modelled a few wigs for the locals and striking an uncanny resemblance to Mandy in the process! We also went on a day trip to the underground tunnels which were used by Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War. We were amazed by what we seen and experienced, the tunnels were tiny and walking through them was very tiring. The tunnels were very well hidden making it hard for American soldiers to track them during the war allowing the Vietnamese to go undetected. After the tunnels we decided to go buy some more batteries for our now completely dead digital camera and go see some more sights ... read more

In Ko Tao, After bumping into a mate we had made previously at the full moon party who advised us Koh Pangnan would be a 'ghost town' due to the fact the full moon party had just been we seen even more reason to go! Thankfully he was right, the island was filled with locals n' very quiet for a change. First things first we jumped off the boat, found a cheap beach side bungalow (6 quid a night) n threw our stuff in n headed straight down to the local English Pub for a roast dinner... (Nothin' on Mandy's according to Sophie). We seen a moped rental shop across the road for only 3 pound a day so we snapped 1 up for a couple of days. We had a couple of relaxed drives that ... read more

Got to ko samui and spent a couple of days in a guest house by chaweng beach. After this we decided to head over to the quieter lamai beach to stay in a beach bungalow, we made two thai friends called lok and sallee who worked in a near-by bar where we got our asses whooped at pool (except for doubles where we had some epic games!) they looked about 18 but turned out to be 40! Thai lifestyle for ya. we then moved to the best resort (which is actually the name of the place) in order to have a couple of days by the pool. dirt cheap! After a couple of relaxed days by the pool we bought our tickets for the boat to ko pan gnang for the Full Moon Party... At Koh ... read more

Been in Phuket for a few days now in search of beaches but it's been raining near enough non stop! Hopefully it'll clear up in time for the full moon party (12th sept) aqnd other moon parties, will keep u posted off to watch the liverpool bolton match somewhere tonight... After a good few days of rain the sun decided to come out thankfully for me as Sophie was happy for once and stopped her constant moaning!!!!!!!! Due to this we decided to go to the local beach (Patong beach). After a couple of days in Patong we decided to head further south to stay by Karon beach. Karon beach was a lot more relaxed due to the fact Patong was like Magaluf meets Amsterdam - full of prostitutes and young piss heads... In Karon we ... read more