Slow boat to Laos

We really must remember to check how far our accommodation is from any local wats, 4am is obviously the monks wake up call hailed in with a...

Hello Laos

So the original plan was to catch the 8am bus through to Chiang Khong but we suddenly realised that we'd forgotten to collect our laundr...

Chiang mai

Well the sleeper train went supprisingly well!  After boarding the train at 8pm and arriving 12 hours later I think we probably slept for at...

Wat ho!

Strange night sleep for me at Baan Are Gong, dogs barking inside and outside the hotel, walls like paper, boats guzzling up and down the ri...

Ayuthaya here we come

Up early to catch the 09:40 bus from Kanchanaburi bus station to Suphan Buri which should have taken 1.5 hours but we arrived at just aft...

Preparing to move on

A lovely long walk to the train station to book our tickets to Chiangmai Mai from Ayuthaya and then on to do some chores... Sewing a 'br...

Kanchanaburi in all its glory...

On the agenda for the day, Kanchanaburi 'high street' and stops at some of Matt's (and Rob's) old haunts including the Jolly...

We've arrived!

After 24 hours with little sleep and THE hottest plane ever we made it to Bangkok Noi Railway station to catch our steam train on to Kancha...