LAOS | Saturday, 24 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery
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LAOS | Friday, 23 Nov 2012 | Views [5690]
21st November 2012
The bus leaves Luang Namtha at 9 am. It's a local bus and you can not pre-book seats, so you have to get to the station early. We ask the tuk-tuk driver how much to the station and he says it will be 10,000 kip. ... Read more >
LAOS | Tuesday, 20 Nov 2012 | Views [1097]
Monday 19th November 2012
We hire a scooter and head North. The scenery is beautiful, although the weather is quite cloudy and cool. The views are of lush green mountains, a lot with rubber tree plantations on them. We ... Read more >
LAOS | Sunday, 18 Nov 2012 | Views [796]
Th November 2012. Currency - 12,000 kip - 1 GBP (That's going to take some working out!)
We get our 30 day visa for Laos, with no problem. The 'port' is tiny, a couple of wooden huts and an empty duty free shop. We walk up the very steep, ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 17 Nov 2012 | Views [637]
11 November 2012
We have 8 days left on our visa. We reluctantly leave Chiang Mai and head to Lampang for a couple of days, not really sure what there is to do there, but a friend recommended we go there.
We get the 9.30am train, which costs ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 15 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Monday, 12 Nov 2012 | Views [789]
28th October 2012
We left Bangkok and headed North towards our next destination of Chiang Mai. We have made a bit of a rule, not to travel for more than about 7 hours, at one time, so we stop at Sukhothai, for a couple of nights. We ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 5 Nov 2012 | Views [671]
24th October 2012
We arrive in Bangkok after an overnight stay in Chumporn.
We find our guest house - Roof View Place, tucked away down a back street off the main road, so it should be quiet. We are met by a not overly friendly ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 5 Nov 2012 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Sunday, 4 Nov 2012 | Views [698]
10th October 2012
We get the high speed catamaran from Samui to smaller island of Ko Tao which is a 2 hour ride away. (600B each).
We have a room booked at the Sairee Sea View Hotel, which is a 10 minute walk to the main town. It's a really ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 4 Nov 2012 | Views [765]
4th October 2012
I am so far behind with the blog, I am writing this and it is the 4th of November, so I am just going to give you the highlights and the.....highlights! (There are no lowlights, - oh, apart from our Russian neighbours coming home ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 4 Nov 2012 | Views [894] | Comments [1]
30th Sept 2012
Get on a bus to Khao Lak, a small town on the west coast, it's more touristy than where we have come from, but then it is right on the beach. Agoda have come up trumps again, we have booked 2 nights in the Suwan Palm Resort, a really ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 5 Oct 2012 | Views [930]
26th Sept 2012
We arrive at the bus station, to be met by a lady selling tickets to Phang Nga. We have learned over our months of travel, that they rush you, like the bus is about to leave, so you panic slightly and buy a ticket off the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 28 Sep 2012 | Views [1331]
Monday 17th September
We leave the Perhentian Islands and head west to Penang. (Penang is an island off the mainland, which can be reached by ferry or a very long bridge - 13.5km). Lynda is also ttraveling there too, so we all get on the ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 27 Sep 2012 | Photo Gallery
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MALAYSIA | Tuesday, 25 Sep 2012 | Views [1994]
Thusday 6th Sept 2012 We arrive at the lakeside, by taxi (there are no buses to this area) and are greeted by a local boat-man, offering to take us to 'Kenyir Sanctuary Resort'. We haven't really done our homework very well for this area, as it ... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Monday, 24 Sep 2012 | Photo Gallery
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MALAYSIA | Monday, 24 Sep 2012 | Views [805]
As usual I'm behind writing the blog, which drives me mad, so I am going to fill you in on the high-lights and low-lights of East Malaysia. What a dive! - we arrive at a place called Cherating, we have read it's just a beach area and not a lot more.... Read more >
MALAYSIA | Thursday, 20 Sep 2012 | Views [667]
30th August 2012 Malaysia:- We leave a 'wet' Singapore and get the train straight to Kuala Lumpur. It should be a 7 hour trip, we'll see! (It ALWAYS takes longer than what they say!). We are served by a friendly chap at the train station, who ... Read more >
SINGAPORE | Tuesday, 4 Sep 2012 | Views [773] | Comments [1]
Tuesday 28th August 2012 We arrive in Singapore around 7pm. After trying to phone Matt's bank from the airport, without any luck (he put the wrong PIN in twice, in Java and now it won't pay out!), we make our way to 'Little India'. By the time ... Read more >
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