After the ridiculous fun of Vang Vieng it was necessary to swing by what has to be one of the most rubbish capital cities in the world, Vietianne. Taking cue from my Rough Guide us girls found a cheap hostel on the main backpacker road of the city and checked it out, whilst the boys went their separate way. It was on the ropey side and to be honest, was a bit creepy, but seeing as it was for one night only, we thought we'd suck it up. Lauren however had been real...

IN THE TUBING. Vang Vieng is a natural playground for adults, consisting of giant rubber rings in which you float down the river between lush green mountains whilst people throw ropes out to you to pull you into their bars, where a (lethal) whisky bucket costs approximately 75p and there are enough rope swings and slides into the river to keep you entertained for hours on end. It's ridiculous and it's kind of unbelievable that there is a place on earth like it t...

It was entirely possible that the driver we had on our journey to the Thai border from Chiang Mai had never taken a driving test. Trying to cure your car sickness by looking through the windscreen as though you are driving is an apparent disadvantage when you realise that the actual driver is taking sharp bends at a good 80 mph on the wrong side of the road. We arrived at our destination with about 4 hours to sleep before getting up the next morning to begin our ...

Ayutthaya was barely worth blogging about so I didn't bother. It's the ancient capital of Thailand that was destroyed by the Burmese a few hundred years ago so it's all about the ruins - which were pretty amazing, but once you've seen two or three, you've seen them all. The town can definitely be covered on a day trip but due to unorganisation we spent two nights there before getting the overnight train to Chiang Mai. Which was absolutely NUTS. As the train pulle...

Our last full day in Kanchanaburi and the last few days went a little something like this: One large American Vs British drinking games and Sangsom bucket induced hangover. A couple of hammocks. Seven waterfalls. 300 waving schoolgirls. Countless 10 baht Sangsom and cokes. Highlights have included our hours spent at the 10 baht whiskey bar, which is genuinely called 'Get Drunk for 10 baht' (roughly 20p). The woman who runs it is named Candy, somewhat of a legen...