My favourite place so far!! Took a tuk tuk into town from the dock, as it was far. Booked into Lemon Spice and did as little as possible here, seemed really appropriate for this place. Went for a walk, watched the sun set from the river. I asked a guy to take a picture and we had a chat. We met up for dinner later. We went to this amazing restaurant on the other side of the river, we had to cross by longboat, really lovely setting and amazing food!! Turns out Pa...

Took the mini bus from Pai at 8am via Chiang Mai arrived in Chiang Khong at 8pm. Stayed overnight in lovely guest house with views of the Mekong. To the boarder the next day and on the slow boat to Prakbeng for the night and then onwards on the slow boat to Luang Prabang. The slow boat looked like a floating shack and had car seats in row for the seating area...they also weren't kidding when calling it slow. It stopped at various (as in many) villages along the ...

Mini Bus to Pai...3 and half hours with one stop taking the scenic route to the originally hippy town of Pai. It was so amazing decided to give Chiang Rai and the white temple a skip to stay another day. Hired 110cc Scooters and off myself and another Dutch guy, Reuben I met on the mini bus to Pai, went to the waterfalls, canyon and hot water springs. Most importantly I can now ride a scooter...tick! I was introduced to the Bamboo bar and beer pong (throwing pi...

The train went so slow, was a stopping service. Our 12 hour journey turned into 17hrs!! I had a lower deck so wasn't too uncomfortable and I also I got enough rest as there wasn't much else to do. Eventually we arrived in Chiang Mai. I shared with another girl and we paid120 Bhat taxi ride for one that should have cost 40 Bhat...starting to learn. After I checked in I visited the Sunday market for a bit of shopping. Saw more temples. I got picked up for a Thai ...

After my 20 hour flight via Dubai, gaining 6 hours of time, a train, sky train and a tuk tuk later I strolled into Soi Rambutti just off Khoa San road to the Wild Orchard accommodation I had booked for my first night. It was really weird having been around people around me the whole time and now it was just me in probably the strangest city I could think of. It felt a bit isolated in the hotel so I decided to book into a guest house the next day. A tuk tuk driv...