Hello everyone. Well Darryl and I are adventuring again. This year it is to South East Asia. We are planning on traveling in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand and have a month. We left Vancouver on September 6th and arrived into Bangkok after 20 hours of flying exhausted. It was Sunday night as we had crossed the international date line too. Our fligh...

The Grand Palace complex was established in 1782. It covers an area of 218,000 sqm and is surrounded by four walls, 1900 m in length. We were at the outer part of the Palace, which comprises mainly of temples. Meyer and I actually managed to squeeze in time to only 2 attraction spots. Grand Palace and The Floating Market. Business took over most...

Day3 Destination Bangkok Morning Grand Palace The outstanding Grand Palace is an architectural marvel and the gem of Bangkok's impressive collection of temples and palaces. This is the must to visit the experience of its diverse styles that no one should miss. The entrance fee is THB 250 which includes the allowance entrance to Vimanmek Palace a...

5 December: In every city and village across Thailand, citizens gather to celebrate the birthday of HM the King Bhumibol Adulaydej. Born 5 December, 1927, HM the King is the longest reigning Thai monarch and the longest serving head of state in the world. Millions of candles raised above a sea of yellow shirts will flicker across the evening sky...

Overnighted back to Bangkok after 3 great days in Pai. Arrived at 5am after the worst bus trip ever. I was in the last row and therefore had no reclining seats. A group of friends were chatting all night and the bus driver was crazy! We were supposed to get in at 7am and some how the driver managed to cut off 2 hours enroute.... Needless to say,...

shane; the morning of our last day in Siagon, I went downstairs in search of food. We were very hung over, leaving for the airport in a few hours, and the night before I had been taken against my will for massage and boomboom. so I went downstairs and found a nice old lady selling pastries. Thought it might be good to munch on some to pad out ou...

The backpacker ghetto of all packer ghetto's is the Khao San Road in Bangkok and as I only had a couple hours left before my bus south I thought I'd take one last stroll down the neon lighted road where I have spent my fair number of nights. This was my third and likely last visit to Thailand's famous 'ground zero'for backpacking. I've spent mor...

Arrived back in Bangkok today, safe and sound. Minibus, as booked by the Crown Hostel, picked us up bang on time and even got us to the airport with loads of time to spare before our flight left. The flight itself was good, just over an hour with 1-2-go airlines. Even got a complimentary juice and some nuts despite it being a budget airline - do...

So we were a little bored on this day, we were going to go to a park. Then we noticed a sign that said, SNAKE PARK. It was a little hard to find because it was located behind the hospital for venomous snake bites. I was thinking to myself, if you were bit by one of these snakes it's highly unlikely you would make it back to Bangkok in time. Real...

Sorry to interrupt the trekking part of the blog, but I thought I'd write some notes about what is happening in the present to keep everyone updated. Everything is a go for Nikki's surgery. She met with the doctor yesterday and got her pre-surgery instructions and more details about the surgery itself. This included an evidently long list of thi...