Laos and Thailand Take Two: 05.06.09 - 26.06.09 Vientiane - Vang Vieng - Luang Prabang Chiang Mai - Thailand For a country so famously laid back and chilled as Laos, we partied it up a storm. Jess' ex-flatmate Jo had joined us for a two-week holiday encompassing a whistle-stop tour of Laos and northern Thailand, and we determined to show her a good time (aside from being in desperate need of a good boogie ourselves!). We eased ourselves in gently with a two ...

Island hopping: 2 weeks of bliss 27.04.09 - 11.05.09 Life on a beach is pretty tough. There's a wide range of hard core activities to occupy you through the day - swimming, sunbathing, eating, sleeping, reading and snorkelling. All of this in addition to the 'event' of the day - walking to the shops to buy water. SO you'll forgive me for not giving a blow-by-blow rundown of the last two weeks which we have spent on the Thai islands of Koh Phi Phi, Koh Tao and Ko...