Well, we finally left Thailand for Laos after spending another 3 days in Pai coz we got food poisioning- it wasn't pretty. We crossed into Laos at Huay Xai and headed for Luang Prabang. There were no scheduled buses or trains you could only get there by slow boat (2 days slow) or speed boat (6 hours of speed) down the Mekong River. We took the speed boat- its quite hard to explain so have a look at the pics but its not your standard Roman Abramovich typ...

PAI- a post written for Boermy and Andy Bell who will appreciate the wonders of Pai. Dan has been so excited about this place he could hardly keep his hair on!!! Pai is a really tiny village north west of Chiang Mai. We have been here just under a week and have had the most fun so far. The first night be sat at the smallest bar in the world (literally a cart with plastic stalls outside) and mingled with the locals and other travellers. From here and a f...

Chiang Mai..... bought a post card, had a curry and went to the night market.....

Kanchanaburi or the River Kwai which you might find easier to say was our next stop from Bangkok. We stopped about 50ft from the River Kwai at a place called the Jolly Frog, it was amazing. They had a garden with hammocks and deck chairs and a resturant with about 30 pages of Thai food to choose from!! This is definatly the best place we have stayed- both the accomodation and town. We took full advantage of the relaxation facilities, the food and of c...

Bangkok- the city of neon and funny looking women!!! We got to the legendary Khao San Road at about 10pm on saturday night- it was kinda like trying to walk down Broad Street when all the bars shut- however we had backpacs on and it wasn't funny. All the guest houses were full and we ended up in Wally's (thats what we were for staying there). Luckily it was only for one night then we moved to somewhere without worms in the sink!! After China it is such ...