Bed bus to sardine bus, Vang Vieng-Vientiene-Pakse and then Cambodia.

// June 28th, 2009 // No Comments » // Vientiane

With a couple of full days resting and recuperation behind us we decided it was time to move on from Vang Vieng. We wanted to get down to the south of Laos and then press on to Cambodia again, the plan was to kayak to Laos sleepy capital Vientiene and then sort the rest out from there so that’s just what we did… Beats a bus ride any day!

To be honest the actual amount of kayaking was minimal and the rest of the journey was done in a minivan but we had fun bobbing down river, over some easy rapids and a BBQ on the riverside. (more…)

The long long road to Laos.

// June 15th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Vang Vieng

With Koh Phi Phi, Thailand and an 18 hour bus ride now behind us we find ourselves in Laos, we never managed to get here the last time around but Sarah was well keen to come and we didn’t take much persuading.

Anywhere that wasn’t a bus would have seemed pretty fantastic after our epic journey all the way from Bangkok but in all honesty I wasn’t expecting to be charmed by Laos the way I have been, at the border we had to pay one of the biggest visa fees we have come across yet and normally if the border pisses me off then I take a lot more persuading to enjoy a country… (more…)

Goodbye KL hello 24 hour bus ride back to Bangkok

// May 24th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Kuala Lumpur

Oh it’s good to be back in the heat and chaos of Bangkok, it seems like forever since we were last here.

After our super early flight from Bali to Kualar Lumpur we decided to break up our mammoth journey with a day in KL, so we made our way down to Chinatown where the rooms are cheap and the food is good. Knowing we had nothing at all to do in KL meant we could just hang around and watch the world go by and Chinatown is the perfect place to do that. I finally had some roasted duck which I’d had my eye on the whole time we were there last, but for some reason I never got around to it. (more…)

From K.L all the way to Singapore… Little India oh how we love it.

// March 31st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Singapore

Goodbye seedy Hat Yai… Hello again Kuala Lumpur

// March 29th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Kuala Lumpur

As I’m typing this, we find ourselves yet again on one of those mega awesome VIP buses, Georgie is curled up in a ball looking pretty small against the huge comfy seats next to me. We are back on the road again… This time headed for Bali… Maybe.

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