Waking up in the northern border town of Chiang Khong, I think it was fair to say that neither Anne nor I were looking forward to the following two days travel and I think our feelings would have been exacerbated had we actually known what was in store for us. We had booked a 3 day journey to take us from Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, right through to Luang Prabang in north-central Laos. The journey consisted of a one-day mini bus tour to the border, which we ...

Just like on Koh Rong in Cambodia, we seemed to have difficult time leaving our second island of the trip and so after our previous instalment, we lazed around on Koh Chang for a further four days. Along with the standard island life of eating noodle soups and relaxing, we embarked on another fishing & snorkeling trip with Anniina, whom we met on Koh Rong & her friend Betty, along with Shaun's ex-workmate Melissa & her husband Jay. We'd already visite...

After 19 days in paradise, Anne and I decided that it was about time to advance onwards with our journey. If truth be told, we didn't feel that it was time to leave but the fact that our visa's were expiring in less than a week meant that it was imperative for us to return to civilisation and see the remaining sites in Cambodia, which had already been compromised in return for a few extra days on the island. On the morning that we left, we said our goodbyes to ...