After a hour flight from Luang Prabang (Laos) i arrived in Chiang Mai Thailand's second largest city situated in the north. This was the first flight i have even taken aboard a propeller plane and was an enjoyable experience as the views of the Mekong River flowing in Northern Laos were amazing as was the mountainous jungles in and North-Ea...

Toujours dans le train de nuit en direction de Chiang Mai, à 7h du mat', je suis réveillé par un "SAVATIKRAP". C'est phonétiquement "Bonjour!". (Il est quand-même temps que j'apprenne à le dire, ce mot. Ca fait 4 jours que j'essaye, mais ça rentre pas.) On doit arriver dans 2h40. Cool, on pourra voir un peu de pays. J'essaye de me réveiller tant...

Once we crossed the Mekong River into Thailand, it was apparent that there was a much higher standard of living here. Better cars and trucks, better highways, and the homes and farms were nicer and better equipped. We took a nice mini van for a five hour drive from Chiang Khong direct to Chiang Mai, Thailand's largest city in the north...

Today we say good bye to our new friends and they piss off for a nice easy day of rafting as we go for yet another 5 hour trek in the mountains (hahaha it pissed down on the bastards) today was just about sightseeing and sleeping not much realy to do up there. as we arrive back at camp in the tribal village we were told to go and look around the...

Phew, we are finally back in Thailand after a fantastic finish to our Laos excusion. After a month since leaving Bangkok, we are in a little bit of culture shock at seeing so many Westernerns, so much writing in English, and so much modern infrastructure (i.e., traffic lights, paved roads, and relatively high speed internet). We won't try to rel...

If you read my last entry you would know that I was leaving Bangkok, after a bad start to my trip, so not in the most positive frame of mind, but I was following advice and taking the overnight train to Chaing Mai. This was further enhanced by an encounter with a Brummy (for those that are not aware of Brummies, they are people who live in and a...

Chiang Mai; spent 10 days here two years ago, but as sometimes happens, wasn't as alluring the second time around. Really, really hot, hotter than Bangkok with blue skis, the monsoon was still a week away from creeping up on northern Thailand. Stayed at the dependable "Whitehouse" once again, but being off season, it was a little bit of a ghosto...