Right!!! We left Pai on the tuesday and headed back to Chiang Mai for the night. We only came back to Chiang Mai to catch a bus to Chiang Kong. This was the place where we would be catching the boat over to Laos. After 7 hours on a bus and a bag of cockroaches (someone's dinner i think) we got to Chiang kong. This place was like a ghost town. It's also a bit of a dive but it's only for 1 night. We stayed in these little bamboo huts recommended b...

Right where shall we start!! It's not that easy to right blogs but here we go again. After five nights in Chiang Mai it was time to move on.Pai was the plan as we had heard so many good reports. We got up early on the Friday to catch the bus.Not a good start as the 8 30am bus full up, so we had to wait for the 10 30 bus.Our bus number was 13 and being a Friday I knew something bad was destined to happen to us.Quite superstitious me.We boarded this tin can ...

After 13 hours stuck on a over night sleeper train, getting hardly any sleep we adventurely arrive at chiang mai train station at 7 30am. The train journey was so slow. Possibly the slowest train in history to be honest. If it was a train back home it would of done it in about 6 hours. It would of been quicker to get a coach up here as it only takes 8 hours but there would not of been the luxury of having a bed. Basically the train reminded me of something ou...

After possibly three of the worst weeks of my life, i find my self eventually upon an aero plane.Flying out of Heathrow to Bangkok to meet up with my mate cobby.Usually I hate flying but for some reason I enjoyed this one.Not for the aero plane food which I do usually love, but maybe because I knew it was going to be for the best and a once in a lifetime experience.11 and half hours aboard plane cramped up and having screaming kids around me are just what I don't...