We were rudely awoken at 6.00 in the morning and told to get off the coach with our passports and coach tickets which took a lot of effort on both our parts since we had had two nights of lousy sleep on coaches and were both very tired. We got off and gave in our passports so they could check there validity before croosing the border into Laos. Phil looked as if he had fallen back to sleep again on a table behind me while i introduced myself to a girl called Clai...

So back in Bangkok, not where we wanted to be, not a time we wanted to be awake at, not a situation we wanted to be or had planned for, but When in Rome...(or for others apart from my mates, this is traveling!!!) We got in to Khao San Road at around 7 am and after a little bit of re orientation we along with he Irish couple headed to find somewhere to eat. I was surprised by the amount of people out driving and things, but I think thats more down to the point t...

The next few blogs will be fairly brief, two reasons for this, the first is that very little has happened for the last few days, and the other is that I have to write 4 days worth to catch up!!! We had other nice fairly long sleep before Jade and myself started our packing, mine took alot longer due to the mess I like produce when entering a hotel room!!! We got lunch/breakfast at the a joining hotel to ours with all of the guys that were left. It was Sophie a...

Hello all! After a late, and lets say slightly alcohol fuelled night the night before Phil, i and all our other fellow trekkers had a nice lay in yesterday morning, getting up at about 10.30/11.00. I went down to reception to check in again before knocking for dave who was moving in to our room for the night as Emma (who he was sharing a room with)left yestersay afternoon for southern Thailand. We leisurely showered and changed before deciding we should probably...

Day 3 of the trekking experience!! I forget to mention the amount of steep down hill walking at a very slow pace that took place at the end of the second day. The amount of pressure that was to put on mine esspecially and Jades Quads was to punish us for days to come, mine still, 3 days after that day are struggling to recover!! Anyway day 3, was to be started with a very short walk, which started off after a breakfast of boiled egg, toast, jam and water melon....