Hotel Ban Chiang Suite Udon Thani

... at the delightful Mutt Mee Guest House (http://www.mutmee.com/). Had it not been for the fact we only had a 15 day visa we would definitely have stayed longer. There's loads going on here, but at the same time it's a really relaxing place to just be. If you are looking to come to Thailand and, do some voluntary work, you could do worse than come here and get involved in 2 projects. One involves helping out with children at a local project (sorry, I didn't make a note of ...

... e mettre le blog à jour. Vais je retourner au Silapa ce soir ? Est ce pour cela que je n'ai qu'un nem dans le ventre depuis hier ? Hum bien possible ! J'ai surtout encore très envie d'un bon verre de blanc bien frais ! (3 ,75 US dollar) Je fête mon retour à la solitude! Je me suis renseignée pour le train de nuit pour Bangkok pour le 14 mais il n'y a plus que des places en air conditionné et c'est très froid ! Mais c'est quand même mieux qu'en bus car on a un ...

... own private pool! We had a really enjoyable stay here. The villa was very well appointed, the large four poster bed a delight (with a superb mattress!), and the pool and sala on the deck became our favourite realxation place. We enjoyed learning how to make Thai food, as all our meals were included and cooked specially for us by the owners who would come up from a ...

... of ways. Once you climbed up past heaven you were on top of the massive thing and the view of the park was really amazing. Today we walked to Patuxai, which is sort of the Lao version of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. This massive structure was built out of US-purchased cement which was donated by America to be used for an airstrip in the 60's. It's pretty funny that the Lao built this instead and it's sometimes called the vertical runway by ex-pats.

... down at my leg and saw that my ankle was now a cankle and my foot was twice as big as my other foot, I like to call it clubfoot, and it scared the hell out of me. I took off the bandage ripping hair from my leg and it was a mess. The cesspool hole was drippy nasty and the skin and muscle around it was rock hard, not ...

... Tommorrow the flight to singapore.... well as you guessed the flight took off and landed and we arrived in singapore. We are just connecting here so we have 6 hours in the airport before the flight to jakarta. unfortunately for us because we cheapo's we arrive at thge budget terminal so arn't in transit so can't enjoy the delights that the airport has to offer. We wonder aimlessly for a ...

... the different sculptures; but just browsing through the gardens made for an interesting day. Take note of the huge snake statue...it is over eight stories tall!

... in Nong Khai. Well, I think it was unfortunate, I'm not sure if Christopher would really go that far. Here's someone else's report on what seems like a really wierd place built by a really wierd guy: http://www.thailandroad.com/joe/nongkai .html. The link says that the artist's first sculpture park in Lao was dismantled, but it's not true. We considered going to visit it on our way out of Vientiane.

... run out of options. I decided to check next door (at our second choice hotel, coming in just a hair behind the Vayakorn). I'd stopped in there that morning, but they could only guarantee us a room for the one night, and we weren't sure how long we wanted to stay, so we hadn't taken it. This place was constantly booked up too, so the chance of us getting a room at this late hour was extremely slim, but it was worth a shot - and it paid off; they had one room left ...

... the long process of boarding the boat -- everyone has to work there way from the guesthouses down to the river, then climb down the treacherous rock/sand embankment to the narrow plank that goes to the boat. This time we lucked out with a much more comfy boat, and left earlier too. After lots of more great scenery (including a couple elephants), we reach Luang Prabang, the old royal capitol. Luang Prabang must be one of the most beautiful ...