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Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Khanh Hoa » Nha Trang June 21st 2007

through Nam!Lukeurl='/Videos/3950.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3950.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'traffic here on a not very busy day VIETNAM!!!!!!!!!............ well on first arriving and the first couple of days i fell in love with the country it was so beautiful and so were the people!! they have been the friendliest ive met, old or young they allways say hello.. and ask your name... and where your from... most of the time thats the best youll get out of the conversation! but it doesnt stop them inviting you to eat or drink with them!! im sooo happy to finally see the sea again its awesome and the beaches are amazing! on the beach in Hue we were the only farrang (whites) so we got a lot of attention.. but it was fun! we made some cool friends in brown eyes where we drank.. a ... read more
sunset on the beach!!
FLAG
ACK ACK!!

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane June 7th 2007

bangkok to vantienLukeurl='/Videos/3583.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3583.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'tubing url='/Videos/3584.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3584.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'tubing yeah so we left laung prabang and hit up VangVien which was soooo much better!! its like pia really chilled out and surrounded by mountains! the best thing is the tubing ! yu get in a big tube ad float dwn big river and stop at bars! all the bars have huge rope swings into the river .. so sick! they were playin the vega boys though! so yeah theres about 12 bars so have a couple drinks at each ad stay till the sun goes down at the last one. but that makes it tricky cos we went home in the dark bit sketchy as theres no sign to get out at the end and we had to... read more
in the river
it wasnt very sunny
the last bar and the biggest jump

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang May 29th 2007

up and down through laos!Lukeurl='/Videos/3390.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3390.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Probaly the most fun thing ever!! Well....... done so much recently dont know where to start.. we left thailand on the 21st and headed up into Laos we crossed the river and border into Hau xai which is a really rubbish border town with nothing in! we waited a couple of days befor we could go on the Gibbon Experience!!! went to Pak beng to pass the time ended up helping bout 12 local guys move a 30ft long row boat down a road and into a house! and then got to drink lao lao (home brew lao whisky (which u can set on fire) with them all afternoon trying to learn lao! the gibbon experience was set up by a french guy a year ago, he did it to ... read more
our house!
views from our house
mega bear nuff real good

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai May 15th 2007

Well after partying hard in Chiang Mia we decided to got to the quiet town of Pia 3 hours drive up and down the crazyest roads to a village with one trafic light! (which they got last year!) well its remote and the power goes out everyday but its still full of people and the normal tourist stuff theres just no traffic or big buildings.. weve been staying in some bambo huts by a river ! there so cool and the views awesome but the amount of bugs plus the size is slightly worrying! theres flying praying matasis! we rented scooters on the second day, pat crashed 10 mins later ! took lots of skin and flesh off his arm and leg spinning on the floor!! but hes ok and only goes to the hospital ... read more
BAMbo huts
eleFAT
STEEEEEEP

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai May 3rd 2007

url='/Videos/3010.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3010.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Water fall Well.... we spent the last two day treking in the forrests of Chiang Mai in the Do In national park, its mainly ridge mountains coverd in all kinds of trees there pretty cool! after driving there in the back of a pick up we firt went up the highest mountain in thailand! its pretty big! the air force buiilt both the king and queen Stuppas (big spires) there massive and the view from them is emence! your actually above the clouds and can look down on them and they slowly roll onto you aswell!! after that we drove out to the forest and walked to our campo which was just bamboo huts by a river! it had a waterfall you could slide down but it was only small.. we had a really ... read more
above the clouds!
elephat!!
tribal

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai April 27th 2007

Bangkok to Chiang MaiLukeurl='/Videos/2932.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2932.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'6.30 train! well after 6 days weve decided to move on, to get away from the hastle and smog so we can chill out and actually see thailand. Bangkok is more like a resort everyone speaks english and wants to sell you something! we got the train to Chiang Mai, its a city in the north but its the opposite of bangkok and all the thai people tell you to go there.. the train journey to nearly 15 hours ! mainly as the train only goes at 50 mph but it is quite far.. we got bunks so we could sleep and it had a buffet/party carriage! where we spent the nite with a guy called Sang, we drunk a bottle of samsong (thai rum) and tought him how to play ... read more
sunrise
our boy Sang!

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok April 24th 2007

Oh my days.. its been sooo hot and hectic !!! we went to pat pong and yeah thats insane.. um then yesterday we took a boat ride down the river and along the cannal which was really cool! saw loads of old buildings and stuff.. and fed loads of huge catfish today we went to see the bridge over the river kwai and the war graves which was intresting but at the bridge itself it was 40 degrees ive never sweat so much, i drunk 8 bottles of water today so far!!!!! and we went on the train which was cool sat wiv some locals. fed an elephant!! drove and had lunch on this house boat and then went to see a waterfall and the tiger temple which was so rad!!!! were gettin pretty tierd ... read more
Bridge over the river Kwai
elefantastic!
These tigers were so big!! Awesome!

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok April 22nd 2007

we made it!! and its AWESOME!!!!! we basicly its hot, super HOT!! ive been sweating since arriving yesterday! its 4ish and ive had 3 showers allready!!! its so crazy here your constantly asked if u wanna go for a tuk tuk ride or wanna see the lady bannana show!! were on khao san road which is where all the bacpack kids are its all pubs and stalls! its 25 baht for a can of beer which is like 10 p!! got super drunk last nite and it was soooo bad getting a hangover in this heat!! killer went for a tuk tuk ride today saw 3 temples which were rad! all coverd in gold and buddas! this one was absolutly huge!! but yeah its awesome and it feels like weve been here ages but its ... read more
Big Budda!
Temple tho.
Tuk tuk

Europe » United Kingdom » England » East Sussex » Brighton April 20th 2007

Big TripLukeWell thats it... times up. Ive been waiting for ages and now im ready! were leaving tonight.. at 10pm were planing to go to south east Asia then Oz then south and central America but other then that we kinda guna play it by ear! n weve got about 8 n a bit months to do it¬! Ive packed my bag.. it looks like loads and its a bit of a tight fit but i have squeezed it all in to here! its really sad saying goodbye to everybody especially rosie xx but i literally cant wait to get there!! any way thats about it, trust me though the other post willl be wayyyyy better with awesome photos too!!! see you later !... read more




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