Rama Hotel Luang Prabang

... give a list which started at 300USD per night......ok, a little over our 40pound a day budget.....we'll maybe save this for the honeymoon then, hey?!
We returned to reality and some where a little more to our budget and went to the equally as gorgeous Utopia. A lovely riverside garden bar with decking and Thai style floor seating. Our dinner with pina coladas here cost the same as two drinks in the posh hotel!

September 27th
We started the day with a lazy ...

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... meat with spices, corriander, mint and lemon. We've had chicken, beef and tuna versions. Also enjoyed the Kao Sawy which can be really spicy but is very tasty and most meals come with sticky rice which has a lot of starch and it sticks together in one big ball, you have to use your hands and roll it into a ball, dip it in the sauce and enjoy!

After a relaxing few days we dicided to set out north to the more remote parts and see about some trekking.

Man oh man...where to start. I suppose I'll start where I left off. I went to Big Brother Mouse that next morning at 9 o'clock. It was great. There was one long table with probably seventeen people at it. Twelve of whom were locals there to practice English. I sat in the middle and introduced myself to a couple of guys named Thaivang and Avin. Their English was fairly good and usually if there was a hangup, they could get together and figure out how to say it. We talked ...

... most of us decided Laos's subways are nicer and cheaper than Subways. We found one of the markets in town but only found small individual places serving something that we not sure of. Eventually my group found baguettes to find they only had tofu. Glover being the most courageous of us went ahead to buy one to find it was revolting. So we headed back hungry to find food in the cafe’s around our hotel. On the way back we ...

... out with and to share a laugh. The food was delicious with tons of different choices on offer. As you can gather I loved Luang Probang but unfortunately after 4 days it was time to move on and I was excited about meeting Ziggy at Phuket airport and travelling together to my final destination to meet Tim, Fran, Remi and Mika at Ko Lanta.

Northern Thailand - Chaing Mai

I had to overnight again in Chiang Mai but this time I upgraded my accommodation to a lovely old ...

... our new-found travelling friends, Jon and Paula, who had come on the train from Kent via Russia, Mongolia and China. Because of the easygoing atmosphere at Coldriver Guesthouse we were invited to eat meals with the family every time they set eyes on us. We were also invited to a wedding. The marriage was something to do with the extended family next door and around three hundred guests had been invited. When I asked Sisamui, who looks something like a Lao sumo wrestler and was rarely ...