From the thai-laos border crossing we were about to begin a 700km journey to the capital of Vientaine. A longtail crossed us over the Mekong to Laos where we grabbed some snacks before bording a slow boat drifting for 8hrs downstream to a stop over village of Pak Beng. The boat was very uncomfortable on these pew looking benches with no legroom. The scenery however was breathtaking. Laos is an mountainous, undeveloped and unsploit country. There was only small t...

We boarded a rickety old sleeper train in Bangkok, which for the first time on this trip to leave on time! After 9 hours of the 14 hour trip I awoke to looking out of my window at the train winding up through the moutains from my bed! I pulled the window far down the lent out enoying the morning breeze! Chiang Mai has a charming walled old city located in the centre of Chiang Mai, this is where we spent all our time. The old city had 1 main street through it, w...

Sawasdee Krup! (hello) The majority of travelers I have spoken to never stayed longer than 2 days in the capital because they hated everything about it. I still arrived with some optimism that I would like it, and after just a few days I loved the place! Tarry and I stayed for a whole week! I think you have to accept the below par hygiene, pollution and general chaos, that's what gives this place it personal character. I enjoyed the chaotic traffic, I would ju...

We left the Phi Phi Islands for mainland town of Krabi. The town itself I thought lacked in any character, but the boat trip away krabi islands is what makes this place special, so I have heard. We were only stopping there as we were heading 5hrs south on a minibus to Hat Yai to pop to the Malaysian border to increase our visas. We had to walk a couple of kilometers to the border over no-mans land to Malaysia and back to Thailand in the heat of the day - and beli...

Morning! (..or is it afternoon ??) I am now an official Advanced Open Water Diver! with currently 11 dives under my belt! Of the 5 dives for the course we started with the 30m deep dive to perform simple tasks, I wasn't subseptible to Nitrogen Narcosis, but I deep see a 3m Bull Shark!! (this type of shark are very aggressive and are the shark that nearly all reported shark attacks in America are Bullsharks, apparently! However, the Bull Sharks in Koh Tao are the...