'Happy' shakes, opium pizzas and "friends!" As well as the above, tubing down the Nam Song river while drinking copious amounts of alcohol is what Vang Vieng is widely known for. We are not particularly into any of these things and so we were not too sure if Vang...
Ever since I watched the Top Gear "Vietnam" special back in December 2008 - I've wanted to buy a motorbike and do a Vietnam Road Trip. Specifically -drive from Hanoi in the North to Saigon in the South. Visiting Vietnam has also been on my list of must travel to...
As most of you know, we are back on the road again, and we are currently travelling in the beautiful country of Laos. Our excitement about visiting a new country and experiencing a new culture began to grow in us long before we even arrived in Thailand....
If you don't fancy reading the post, and would rather watch the video, then scroll down to the bottom 🙂 We recently undertook the three day/two night journey from Thailand to Laos. We had heard mixed reviews about the journey, some people were of the opinion “don’t...
We had heard that apartment hunting in Chiang Mai for a two month period was going to be somewhat challenging – we hadn't anticipated just how difficult it would actually turn out to be! After arriving in Chiang Mai on November 15th, we dived straight into the task of...
Finally, I got around to writing up a post about this spectacular, yet bizarre festival. It's only two months late - but anyways! So back in early October when we were living in Phuket, we had the opportunity to check out a festival that I've always wanted to...
For a couple of years prior to moving to Thailand I kept reading in different blogs about being able to live in Thailand for $500 a month! I was completely excited at the possibility of living somewhere in this day and age for that kind of money. When you travel, you...
She had me where she wanted me. My hands were held above my head, and there was no way of escaping the firm hold that she had on them. I didn't want to tell her to stop as i didn't want to offend her in any way. After all, she was only doing her job and technically...
*****Updated September 2018***** If you travel through Patong's famous "walking street" - aka Bangla Road - after sunset, it's inevitable that you’ll be set upon by all sorts of hustlers and fast-talkers trying to tempt you into one of the many bars and shows to watch...
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