LAOS

Our journey to Laos was sold to us as a 18 hour vip bus journey with English speaking guide. The reality was a 24 hour, onion filled, non English speaking, no diesel, bus marathon - but even so we were pleased to be out of Hanoi. Vientiane: we arriv...

 

Thailand chill out

Arrival day. ...

 

Around the world...

Arriving in Dalat was a bit odd as it is right up in the Highlands and is about 10 degrees cooler than we have been used to. We had a great couple of days there. The town is pretty quiet but there are some great waterfalls and lakes in the area around ...

 

Vietnam & Laos 2007

May 12, 2007 We had a free day at our leisure in Vang Vieng. For a healthy start to our day we had breakfast at the Organic Farm Cafe... if you want something mulberry, they've got it here! Neither of us had tasted mulberry before and we were afra...

 

Chris and Lisa World Tour

Follow our travels round the world...

 

South East Asia 2006

Okay, Well we made it. After all the fuss the bus wasnt too bad. We arrived at the Vietnam-Laos border around 5am and had to wait for teh border guards to open it up at 7am. However that gave us a chance to watch teh sunrise in the mountains which w...

 

Chasing Winters aka A Blind Man's Guide To S.E.Asia

So now it’s finally onto Cambodia. A Dutch couple travelling the opposite direction told us to expect a two and a half hour bus trip from where the boat berths. Jason came to the conclusion that we should expect the worst. The worst I’d heard was that ...

 

S.E ASIA 2006

We had a little less than a week to fill in before meeting Chris (Andrews older brother)in Laos so decided to spend it on yet another tropical island! We didn't have enough time or funds to get down to the desired southern Thailand islands so we settle...

 

Europe and Asia Extravaganza 2006

Hi! I have skipped over this entry temporarily. I have someone anxiously waiting on news about Ireland. I will come back to it as soon as I can. Best wishes from Yangshuo, China, Tiff...

 

South East Asia 2007...

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Laos

While the Laos National Museum in Vientiane is full of black and white photographs depicting the 'French colonialists deceiving the Lao people into false independence and barbarous slavery' at least they gave them one thing - fantastic bakeries serving...

 

Round the World Trip 2006/07

After all these years of 'one day planning to go in the future'....I made it across the world to the world down under. We are spending 3 months in this lovely country and had to apply for a 3 month holiday visa to be able to do so. Personally, I fo...

 

World Backpacking Trip (Part 2) - New Zealand, Australia, Asia & Europe 2006 / 2007

Wednesday 11th April I Woke at 5am as train rattled into Hanoi. I met Aaron and Natalie at the front of the station and we took a taxi back to the same hotel, where we had breakfast because nowhere else was open before 8am. Then I took a ta...

 

Don't slam the door behind you on the way out....

The original plan was to spend xmas in Koh Pha-Ngan for the full-moon parties - but the forecast wasn't good, so we headed off Krabbi with the intention of going to Koh Phi Phi (aka "The Beach"). We stopped off in Krabbi (which was really nic...

 

Australia - SouthEast Asia 2006

La capital Vietnamita nos recibio con los primeros 26 del viaje, casi senti que tenia frio. Nuevamente, taxi, 100cc, 2 ruedas, 2 personas y mi gran mochila. Recorrimos, diferentes hoteles, nada que valiera los 10 dolares por 2 personas que suelen c...

 

Gap Year 2004

Me and Deaj organised to take a couple of days off work and head out to the Blue Mountains for a bit of fresh air. James really enjoyed his trips there, so it really had to be done. We shot over on a train to Katoomba, one of the larger towns in th...

 

Two months in Southeast Asia

Today was one of the toughest days on my journey thus far. I was dragged forcibly to float down the river on an inner tube, stopping at rope swings and watering holes along the way. It was just horrendous. When we wanted to pause at a pit stop, we had ...

 

Thailand & Laos

Away from the good fortune of being able to house up with friends and family, and the relaxation of Fijian beaches, we found ourselves in full backpacker mode by arriving in the chaos that is Bangkok at just after midnight. Since leaving the relaxation...