We wish you a Merry Christmas... In Chaing Rai there an impressive number of temples and I think it’s fairly safe to say that by this point in our travels we are feeling a little templed out, so now we really do our research and only go to the ones that are different or have something unique about them. Chaing Rai did not dissapoint.  Probably the most unusual temple of the whole trip is about 5km out of the city and was designed by an artist with unusua...

Viva Vang Vieng Vang Vieng has a reputation for being a very active place with lots of fun things to keep tourists entertained. One of them is tubing. This consists of hiring a tractor inner tube for the day, being driven 4km up river and then floating home (past a few bars along the way). If you feel thirsty whilst tubing you just raise your hand and one of the bar staff will lasoo you and pull you in for a pint. We spent 4 hours with our arses dipped in water,...