Wet.Wet.Wet Despite the long list of places we have visited over the past seven months it is always nice to have somewhere to go that feels like you’re returning to the familiar. Bangkok has certainly been our adopted hometown whilst we have been away and it was nice to see the bright lights and tall […]
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Surprising.Tranquil.Inviting Our decision to head to Koh Phangan was a spare of the moment one. We had a loose plan to head to the North of Thailand after leaving Nong Khai but we’d made no onward travel arrangements which worked in our favour. The day before leaving Nong Khai Chris had a conversation with his
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Peaceful.Unspoilt.Calm The town of Nong Khai is conveniently located across the ‘friendship bridge’ on the Thai side of the Mekong. On this occasion it wasn’t so convenient for us as we’d travelled to Thakhek, and crossed over a border further south meaning we didn’t reach the town via the friendship bridge and instead had to
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Transient.Varied.Stunning. With five days left on our visa I managed to convince Sarah to get back on a bike for another tour, albeit on a rented bike this time and in no ways a rival to our Vietnamese adventure. The main draws of the Thakhek Loop is the opportunity to drive through yet more stunning
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Bucolic.Soothing.Friends. Yet another long bus journey in Laos later and the five of us arrived safely in Vang Vieng where we found some lovely little bungalows to stay in across a questionable bridge over the river. Feeling weary from a long days travel we set out in search of an evening meal and decided to
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Steamy.Un-relenting.Thrilling We convinced the cooks to start early so we could dine on the glorious Sapa breakfast buffet one last time before catching the painfully early bus to the town of Dien Bien Phu, heading in the direction of Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Laos to its mates. Our early morning suffering was shared with Iida,
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Vibrant.Crisp.Mountainous Sorry for the lack of recent progress with the blog. We go through periods, mostly when it’s my turn to write, when there’s just not enough time in the day and we’ve recently been travelling through amazing places with a great bunch of people but more of that to come. Our arrival into Sapa
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Restful.Engaging.Diverse We arrived into Hanoi safely after our last long distance journey on the motorbike and settled for one of the most budget hostels we could find within the old town. It reminded us of some rundown student halls we’ve experienced in our time at uni but it was a lot nicer than some places
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Fast.Eerie.Foggy. We made it from Phong Nha to Ha Long Bay on the back of the Honda Win with only a few little hiccups along the way. Hiccups such as a puncture, then a ripped tyre. Running out of petrol (yes that did happen again.) The bike keeling over off its stand and damaging an
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Mysterious.Magical.Majestic The journey North from Hoi An was the first of many on the back of our trusty Honda Win, complete with all black paint job and red star decal (because me and Sarah where just not happy until we could share our new-found love of communism with the world, it’s already attracted many approving
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I’ll be honest, when it’s my turn to write the blogs (it’s usually two at a time) I tend to fall a little behind, it’s difficult to find the time to write a short essay every week when there’s sights to be seen, people to meet and beers to be drunk. This post should really
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Congested.Dizzying.Sobering We headed to Phnom Penh for the second time since arriving here in Cambodia, except this time we where to spend some time in the capital before deciding if we have enough time to venture East before our visa expires. After an eventful bus journey from Kampot where the coach tyre directly underneath us
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After leaving Siem Reap we where in that lovely position of needing to be nowhere in particular at any given time, we have reached the stage where travel is dominated by whims of fancy and chances happenings. On the evening in question it just so happened that Sarah and I decided it had been a
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Astounding.Sprawling.Mesmerising Siem Reap, home of the famous Angkor temples. World Heritage Site, “eighth wonder of the world” and probably the main reason tourists visit Cambodia. Our journey here began on the 6am bus from Bangkok to the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet. En route we met two lone travelers, Anna from America and Dirk from
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Our trip to Ayuthayya was intended to be a stop over somewhere halfway between Bangkok and Cambodia, to avoid having to get up at a respectable time for the bus journey to the border, it was indeed a fascinating place but things did not quite go to plan with regards to geography, more of that
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Refreshing.Backbreaking.Fulfilling The trip to Mae Sot was one of those spur of the moment decisions that can either be disastrous and leave you feeling like a moron for even contemplating going, or as is often the case, they form some of the most enjoyable and rewarding moments of travelling. Certainly our trip to the Myanmar border
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