Currently we are in the town of Mae Sot at Thailand's NW border with Burma/Myanmar having travelled here from Bangkok via Ayutthaya,a former capital of Thailand. On alighting from the night train to Bangkok from Southern Thailand, we went straight to the Burmese Embassy and submitted our visa applications. It was a trouble-free process given the business acumen of some locals who had set up a mobile visa support service from a minivan right outside. We could ev...

We have just spent our last 10 days in two mega cities - Bangkok and Manila. Subsequently we are happy to now be in the beach resort of Ao Nang in SW Thailand (bet some of you would never have thought we'd be happy with that!) Our week in Bangkok was mainly spent planning our month in Myanmar (Burma) and buying new bags cos we aren't going to use the bikes for much of the next 4 months. We have both been here a couple of times previously but there is always sigh...