Our bus journey from Laos to Vietnam was another 22hr delight! The only buses that will take you to Vietnam are local buses so the seats went back slightly but it was far from comfortable. At some point in the night a man came and lied in the gap beween Michaels chair and the next seat, we thought we had done well and had 2 seats each at this bit where there wa quite a big gap between you and the next seat until michael had an unwelcome visitor. Absolutely no sen...

So we arrived in Vang Vieng and found somewhere to stay. It was really basic and I didnt really like it as it seemed we could get better for money so we only stayed one night. On our first night we went out just for some dinner and we were going to get an early night and rest up before we went 'tubing' down the river the next day. Things didn't really go to plan and we ended up getting a bucket of whiskey, red bull and lemonade with our dinner. This was only beca...

Hi again, From Chiang Mai we headed to Laos. We decided the best way to do this would be by slow boat rather than the usual over-night bus. So we got a minivan bus to the Thai/Laos border and got on our boat travelling down the Mekong river. There were plenty of other people on the boat, some of whom we had met in Chiang Mai on nights out and on the jungle trek. Strangely, we also met some Irish girls that we had seen in Goa. We needed the company because althou...

The scenery on the way to Chiang Mai was awe inspiring, composed of jungle covered mountains and idylic looking rivers. When we arrived we were suprised to find that Thailand's second largest city is actually no bigger than a small town. Very few office blocks or hotels permiate the the two story norm. We got to the hotel, which lay within a small square moat at the heart of the city, and relaxed a little in preparation for our jungle trip the next day. We were ...

Hello, We got to Bangkok from Singapore on 31st May. We arrived mid-afternoon and made it to a hotel recommended to us, called Rambutree Village, at around 6pm. The hotel is really clean, has a pool, and is quite posh for the 12 pound a night we are paying. We are in the thick of the backpackers here, its very touristy, and there's lots to do. The main road, Kaho San Road, is the place to be in Bangkok and is just a few roads down from us. Bangkok is immediately...