Time to relax. At this point in our adventures, we are spent. So an active decision to go to some Thai islands, and just chill out. Do some planning if we want. Read some books. Lie down. Goof off. We are ready. The travel adventure down was fun. We last left off in Vang Vieng. …
From the peaceful serenity of Nong Khiaw to the bizarre overtouristed underbelly of Vang Vieng. This was a strange place to be for a couple days. Our experience in Vang Vieng is interlocked with ours in Nong Khiaw. In Nong Khiaw, things were beautiful, calm, and close. We regretted leaving so early. Vang Vieng, the …
Sitting in a jam packed van for three hours took us to this small tourist town. Previously a village centre, Nong Khiaw has slowly expanded and gained notoriety as the fourth major tourist destination in Laos (after Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Vang Vieng). It’s easy to see why. This town is located on a flat …
Just outside of Luang Prabang is a beautiful light baby blue waterfall with numerous swimming holes to enjoy. And as an added bonus in the area, a bear sanctuary! We got a van to the site for a few hours of fun and relaxation, ready to see a waterfall. I was a bit disappointed, cause …
Laos. The often forgotten country that is snuggled into the rolling hills of Indochina. The difference from Thailand, or any of its neighbors, was immidietly apparent. Gone was the smog and chaos of Thailand. In was instead conservative serenity. Luang Prabang was an ancient capital in the region, and a powerful centre for Buddhism. We …
It was a long day. But it was a day with a temple and a bus. Heading out of Chiang Mai north to Laos, we had a long journey ahead of us. A near 24 hour travel day to Luang Prabang for our fourth and final Indochina country. To get there would be a minivan …
Chiang Mai has a couple national parks nearby, so we decided to take a tour and check one out. We don’t have experience with motorcycles at all. We also see a lot of tourists with road rash and broken arms. It would have been nice to learn beforehand, but that’s OK. Tours are fine for …
The overnight bus to Chiang Mai was relatively simple. There were a few familiar faces on the bus. Seated one row ahead of us was a dude that I had called out in Vietnam for being disrespectful complaining about the night buses there, and a couple of the dudes friends. The dude and I made …
How do you even start. Bangkok. A massive city that comes with all the massive city joys and massive city problems. We inexplicably spent six nights in this city over two stints. We only really spent one of those days doing tourist stuff (our last one). The rest were spent running errands, and hiding from …
Let’s catch you up in our journey at the moment. It’s about 10:30 in the morning on what feels like a particularly hot and humid Cambodian day. It’s just a standard one though. We spent our morning at Angkor Wat, the infamous ancient Hindu temple that once commanded the largest city and in the world, …