G'day Groovers, After a very mountinous and sometimes nail-biting 5 hour bus ride, we have arrived in Vang Vieng. Before we got here, I was expecting a bit of a small Bangkok-kind-of-looking place with loads of bars, tubing (which I'd heard so much about) and nothing else. I was not expecting the absolutely stunning scenery both along our journey and around the town itself. It is breathtakingly beautiful!! We decided that, after having a v lazy couple of days i...

Hello everyone, We recently left the laid back village of Pai and began a two day slow boat trip down the Mekong from Thailand into Laos. We travelled on a huge 'long boat' through the most awesome scenery and rested overnight at Baan Pakbeng. This is another very rustic town on the banks of the chocolate-milk Mekong and we were greeted by village ladies carrying handfulls of live, quacking ducks. Every restaurant doubled as the owners house also and their fam...

Hello Friends!! The action continues! After Bangkok, we took a 12hr bus ride up to Chiang Mai. While there, we spent most of our time exploring the town, its markets and getting some essentials, like sleep sheets, for our trip. We went to a Maui Thai fight night at the local stadium. WOW!!! It was a pretty cool experience! There were kids aged from what looked like about 12yrs old up to about 19. The fights didn't take very long but were pretty aggressive. No ...

WOW !!! what an awesome first two days to the journey. We have been based in Bangkok since we landed but we have squeezed every bit out of it before we leave for Chang Mai and Pai tonight. Tuesday comprised of numerous temples and monuments around Bangkok including the amazing 50m buddha and the Grand Palace. Yesterday we ventured a little further afield a vissited the floating markets, the Tiger Temple and also the Bridge over the River Kwai. Humidity is hit...