well we were supposed to be goin on the slow boat to laos which takes 2 days, but i wasn't feeling up to it and couldn't face being on a boat on the mekong river for that long, so me and pete paid an extra 600 baht each (10 pound) and decided to go on the speed boat. after telling the group that we were goin on the speed boat they all said they had heard its a nitemare, cramped and really noisy. great we had already paid. after goin through another 20 passport c...

left Luang Prabang by the VIP bus (VIP because it had a toilet) and headed for vientiane. was a bit scary as i dont think big buses should be on narrow winding mountain roads. we left at 9 and stopped for lunch about 2. buffet lunch in what looked like someones living room, which mainly consisted of rice. got back on the bus, and stopped at vang vieng to drop most of the passengers off. shame we didn't have enough money to stop as the "tubing" which so...

left our place and headed for bangkok train station. we got onto the train at 7:30 and got to our room. was ok just 2 bunks and enough room for our bags. the food lady come round and we just orded some rice and chicken thingy which tasted ok. as soon as we had our food out came the coakroaches! so i was on coakroach duty, with my trainer i killed them as soon as they appeared from under the bed. think i got bout 7 in a row. that night i didn;t turn the lights off...

we got off the plane and into a taxi which we were told should cost no more than 400 baht, yet when we got out he charged us 600baht! we have now learnt never trust anyone from thailand and always tell the taxis to put the meters on! we arrived at our guest house the diamond house, just 2 mins from ko sahn rd. was 1200 baht a night! but real nice wiv a hot tub on the roof. bangkok is the most maddest place i have ever visited, there is no centre to the city, i...

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