Farwell Thailand, hello Laos.....by Nic (sorry its such a long one but so much to tell) Well after leaving our delightful guest house in Bangkok, we got taxi to the station and bought tickets for the sleeper train to Nong Khai on the border of Thialand and Laos. We boarded the train at 8pm and it was much better than expected, it was clean and orderly and the beds were very sleepable surprisingly. We chilled on the bed and played cards and fell asleep at 10ish...

The picture for this blog is the Grand Palace, I thought people might like to see it. We haven't! 3 times in Bangkok and usually we see Khao San Road and the Airport. After a nice evening with Dave and Claire the next day we headed up to Kanchanaburi. Its not far from Bangkok, only 2hrs, its a small town, but has some typical bars and a decent number of westerners being so easy to get to from BK. We booked up to do the Elephant experience, writing it wont do it ...

Morning, afternoon,evening??? I'm lost as to what time it is here let alone anywhere else in the world. I get to type form the comfort of Dave & Claire's flat in Bangkok Thailand but let me update you wth what has gone before. We used our bus tour ticket to full effect in Vienna and used it again the second day to get around town, well up until the cancelled the rest of the day tours for what turned out to be one of our most random but best days yet. The c...

back to the blog writing of Mr Keay, Couple of train connections and platform worries later and we arrived in vienna yesterday afternoon. Some of our most stressful moments are those few seconds after the train starts moving and you wonder if its the right one, going in even the right direction. We have got it right everytime but it doesnt make it easier, nor do the unhelpful signs or help from platform staff. We have been lucky and got another IBIS hotel for o...

Hello from North West Hungary. Nic speaking this time! At Budapest we caught a train to Keszthely a small town on Lake Balaton, we then tried to sus out the local buses to get to the campsite, but after battling to make any sense from what the locals were trying to tell us we were approached by a nice old chap who could speak a little English who advised us to get a taxi as he had not heard of where we wanted to be. We arrived at the Wellness campsite and apa...