Sabaidee!!! Well, we woke up on our first day in Laos, very excited about the boat trip. We sat outside our hotel and waited for our lift to the dock, and waited and waited and waited! lol. Eventually the guy, Mr. Oud, came to get us and we arrived just in time to get a comfy seat. Really cool boat made of wood, with seat ripped out of cars and wooden benches! After about an hour of sitting and waiting for people to turn up, we got on our way on a very packed bo...

OMG we're in Laos!!! Lol, well we had quite a trip up to the border. We got on a bus at Chiang Mai bus station going straight to Chiang Khong (border town Thailand side). The bus was supposed to take about 5 hours, and by the time we had been on the bus 5 hours we were still 100kms away!! Needless to say we got to Chiang Khong a lot later than planned lol. We decided to stay a night at a beautiful guesthouse and cross over the next day. Our room was so gorgeous ...

Hello!! After spending a couple of adventurous days riding around Pai on our lil scooter, we headed down from the mountains to the capital of the north, Chiang Mai. The journey was a bit of a tummy twister, as there was barely a straight section of road, all the way down the mountains which was a 100km trip. We both felt a bit queezy, and were glad to arrive back on flat ground after a few hours! When we got to Chiang Mai, our minibus dropped us right outside w...

Hello again, Wow, just when we were thinking that nothing could come close to our trip up to Mae Sariang, we were very clearly proven wrong!! The journey to Pai, via Mae Hong Son, was absolutely stunning, so amazing to see how the scenery changes as you gradually move up the country... and I'm not sure there is a better way to see the beauty of Thailand, and get off 'the beaten track'! As we climbed higher and higher the views just got more amazing. You literal...

Sawatdee!! (Hello in Thai!) Well, our journey up to Mae Sariang was absolutely amazing. We went up in one of those Sangthaew, basically a pick up truck with wooden benches down either side, which was quite an experience! At first we thought it was a joke, a 6-7 hour journey (depending on the weather) up tiny mountain roads in the back of a van lol. It was actually pretty comfy until about 20 other people piled on, hanging off the back and everything. They all go...