Blogs from Chiang Khong, Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 3

This morning was a 7am start so that I had enough time for a TRX workout on the balcony of the hostel. I did get a few funny looks as I sweated it out in the glorious morning sun - it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day. With the prospect of being in transit to Laos for twenty two hours in what I was expecting to be a small cramped minivan, I thought it best to expend some energy. I grabbed a quick shower and was sat bag packed, towel drying in the sun and coffee in hand by 9am with a whole hour to go before my pickup. I sat basking in the glorious sunshine in the garden of Jai dii house wishing I could have had an extra day in ... read more

13th March We were up early to get breakfast before we set off towards Pak Beng. the boat was big enough for us all to spread out and relax. We were on it from 8 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. and i was glad we had enough to keep us entertained, we'd bought books, sudoku, ipods and cards, but it was still boring and most people slept for the whole day. Not much to say about the whole day, we arrived in Pak Beng which was a town with not much to do in it. For tea we both ate buffalo, Kim's was curried and mine BBQ'd. To relax we went to the only bar in town, which turned out to be more like a drug den, we didn't stay long after we'd been offered coke, met ... read more

Some more exciting photos of our trip, which tie to the last 2 blog entries... read more

Re bonjour! Je continu mon message de ce matin. Jai ete interrompu parce que un minibus est venu nous chercher pour nous emmener au nord de la thailande a la frontiere avec le Laos! La semaine derniere, on est alle 4 jours sur les iles perhentian au nord est de la thailande. On est reste la bas dans un chalet avec vue sur la mer et donnant sur une plage de sable blanc presque juste pour nous! Il a fait tres beau et chaud tout le long et leau etais a plus de 30 degres. On a fait beaucoup de plonges (juste avec un masque et un tubas), les coraux etaient magnifiques et on a meme vu une dizaine de requins et nage avec des tortues! Sinon la plupart de notre temps la bas, on la ... read more

Saturday, 7th August Just a seven hour bus to the border today. Our hostel for the first time has a pool which we most obviously abused. I swear to God I saw Pete Townsend too. Turned out when he spoke that he was actually Pierre Villesend. It's okay I haven't told anyone. Today's gripe is with how noisy Asians eat. Sitting next to them is like being punched in the ear by a man made of garbage who squelches when he moves. I've been assaulted. It's a train wreck to look at as well, they don't open their mouths just for chewing but for speaking whilst chewing. Yuck. The whole situation is amplified when no-one else is eating, say when I'm having a quiet beer writing my diary. Sunday, 8th August We came to Chiang Khong ... read more