Archive | April, 2012

Sipping Beer Lao on the Slow Boat – Huay Xai to Luang Prabang

By on April 27, 2012 in Laos, Thailand

Below are details and pictures on arriving in Laos from Thailand and taking the slow boat down the Mekong to Luang Prabang. It was a simple journey but amazing to see such a difference in two countries just by crossing a river. Laos is one of the most bombed countries in the world, it is poor [...]

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Dungeon Rooms, Beautiful Temples and Crossing into Laos

By on April 26, 2012 in Thailand

After 2 nights in Pai it was back in the mini-van to Chiang Mai for one night where of course we re-visited our favourite vegetarian restaurant (no, we are not vegetarian however this place was so good we just couldn’t get enough!) and stayed back at CM Blue as their clean cheap rooms were too good to [...]

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Eating, Drinking and New Friends – Chiang Mai & Pai

By on April 22, 2012 in Thailand

As we checked-in to our Guesthouse (CM Blue) in Chiang Mai we knew we would love this city. In the centre of Chiang Mai is the Old Town encased by the old wall – it is now only in sections however you can imagine the wall surrounding the entire old city – amazing. Within the [...]

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The old cities with a story still to tell – Ayutthaya & Sukhothai

By on April 21, 2012 in Thailand

  Ayutthaya Our next destination was founded in 1350 however it was destroyed by the Burmese army, resulting in the collapse of the kingdom. We visited the Ayutthaya historical park which is the former capital of the Kingdom of Siam and now in ruins and considered a UNSCO World Heritage Site. We took an evening [...]

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Beautiful Thailand – Kanchanaburi

By on April 15, 2012 in Thailand

After a crazy 3 hour mini-van ride we arrived in the beautiful sleepy town of Kanchanaburi which is in the west of Thailand and is the location of the Bridge over the River Kwai and the Death Railway. We had read about a few hostels to check out so we jumped in a tuk tuk from the bus [...]

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Bangkok Our Way

By on April 13, 2012 in Thailand

We arrived at Taileks House where we had booked a 2 night stay. Taileks House was chosen by us strategically as it was located in the suburban area of Bangkok and away from the craziness of Koh San Road. We met Tailek, a young fellow that can speak 3 languages at the age of 2 and [...]

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Another side of Thailand – Phuket to Bangkok

By on April 3, 2012 in Thailand, Uncategorized

Note:  This post has limited photos due to us being too angry to consider ‘capturing the moment’ but please read on. So far our travels have been rather event free. A few long bus rides and a couple of uncomfortable mini-vans with maniac drivers but all in all things have gone according to plan … That [...]

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Lesson of the Week

By on April 3, 2012 in Lesson Of The Week

When ambitions are confused with abilities ….   After spending a week on the back of a scooter Kim decided it was time to the bull by the horns as they say and give this scooter riding a proper go. With a little hesitation and Duane standing close-by I got on and scootered around the [...]

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