Lovely Luang Prabang We staggered up the jetty and started searching, as Liz mentioned, for a less crazy guesthouse.Based on the benchmark of the last one, this wasn't too hard!We stumbled across a decent enough guesthouse set back slightly from the river at a price of about £4.20 per night for the room.Despite a slightly musty smell in the room (and a cockroach we later found) it had a double bed, fan and private bathroom.In need of food we set off to find t...

Pirates of the Mekong After what seemed like a very quick month our time in Thailand came to an end and we hopped back on the mini-bus to take us north to the border at Chiang Khong.Several friends had advised us to take the slow boat into Laos promising great scenery, a different way of travelling but most of all lots of fun so we hoped we would meet a good group to enjoy the trip with.The border town was as quiet and as empty of tourists as much of Thailand ...

The Hill Tribe Homestay! During our time in Chiang Mai we had seen a lot of adverts about visiting villages around Chiang Mai on day trips where you go as a group and observe the village tribes.We however decide to go and stay with a hill tribe in the very rural area of Soppong about four and a half hours from Chiang Mai to truly experience the real thing.Not really knowing what to expect we booked in for 2 nights and planned our journey. We were picked up ...

I heart Chiang-Mai Somehow nearly a week has passed since we came to Chiang-Mai and settled into a routine of temple admiring and market shopping.With so many different local and tourist markets (some good clothes bargains and enough food to keep us happy here for months) our time and stomachs have been filled just wandering around.The best market has been the Sunday walking market, which was enormous.Chiang Mai is a very relaxed city and easy to walk around - e...

Koh Tao to Chiang Mai and The Bangkok 14 I am currently sitting here in a great little room with a large fan on the ceiling on a very comfortable bed at The Goodwill Guest House here in Chiang Mai. Two days ago Lizzy and I decided enough was enough and we should start exploring again and agreed that with the trouble of the protests quietening down we would head to Chiang Mai.We set off from Koh Tao and boarded our boat for the 3 hours to Chumphon where we ...