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Crossing the Thai-Lao borderBright and early on New Year's Day, after a few hours sleep coupled with a mild hangover, we boarded the minivan to take us to Chiang Mai. Luckily I slept through the drive, as the twists and turns surely would have made me vomit in my fragile state. We arrived in Chiang Mai after a few...
Arriving in PaiOn Christmas Eve we got up early, packed our bags and had some breakfast before beginning our journey to Pai. We had heard the roads were in bad condition and the other drivers drive like nutters so scrapped our origional idea of riding motorbikes to Pai. Turns out we heard right. It's a long and windy road...
The view from the roof of our guesthouseAt around midday we finally arrived in Chiang Mai. We caught a tuk-tuk to the walled city and checked into the Rose Guest house, near the Tha Pae Gate. There was only one other person in our 6-dorm room, an obnoxious French man who had nothing good to say about any of...
The pool at our lodge Once in Bangkok we made our way to Victory Monument minibus station, where a lovely Thai couple helped us buy our tickets to Pak Chong and told us about their son who married an English lady and now lived in London, of which they were very proud. The minibus to Pak Chong was...
In a Tuk TukAt about 12pm we arrived in Ayutthaya and booked the train to Chiang Mai for that evening. Then Dave and I set off into the city to see the ruins, with our big backpacks in the scorching heat. We hired a tuk tuk to give us a wee tour of the ruins, but got bored fairly...
Sunrise from Chumphon The bus to Koh Tao was a large double decker with excellent air con - almost cold enough to wear a hoody. The Lomprayah bus left Bangkok at 21.30 and arrived at Chumphon pier at 5am, so we then had to spend 2 hours waiting for the ferry, but there was a shop and a...
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