Namkhong Guesthouse

... although not really missed but nice to see sights flashed past our eyes and we arrived late in the afternoon at the Namkhong Guesthouse. Although normally skeptical about staying just where we're plonked by the tour company, the owner Noo won our heart ...

... us up at lunchtime in Chiang Mai and took us to Chiang Khong on the border to Laos where we had already had our room in Namkhong Guesthouse. When we got there they asked for our passports and we had to fill out the documents for the Laos Visa and they ...

... this particular guesthouse was across the river in Thailand - another country! After making a quick international phone call to the Namkhong guesthouse (which was less than three kilometres away as the crow flies) they told me they had my "calculator" ...

... and what did I see - 2 elephants walking happily beside the river!!! Yes they were really there - a little bizare!! Stayed at the Namkhong Guest House - think 'Guest House' is a little grand - a hard bed and a fan with a shared toilet and cold ...

... in peak district. With some subtle differences such as jungle and banana trees. I stay in Chiang Khong over night in the Namkhong guest house overlooking the Mekong river. Then tomorrow morning cross the river into Laos to get my visa. Had my dinner ...

... 4 hour mini-van journey again to Chang Mai. ABSOLUTELY KNACKERED! The 3 of us just took the first room available at a reasonable guesthouse which was twinned with the hotel next door that had a swimming pool. NIIICCEEEE. After a kip, the lads were on ...

... Khong was a very small town with limited Internet access. We did got scam by paying for the Internet that wouldn't work in the guesthouse we stayed in. We stayed for a night and early next morning we crossed the river to Huay xai (Laos) to board our ...

... are through into Laos, but another 9hrs on the bus before we arrive in Vientiane. Eventually arrive there and check into the P-P Guesthouse. Huie, the G.H. housekeeper, decides for some reason to take us under his wing and we go with him to try some Laos ...

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't posted in a while.  I've just been going nonstop for the past couple of weeks and haven't really had a chance to sit down long enough to write a blog.  In fact, right now isn't the most convenient time either ...

Hallo Welt !! Silvester in chiang mai war grossartig, es gibt hier die tradition, lampenschirme aus meist weissem reisspapier mit einer kerze hochsteigen zu lassen / und ihr koennt mir glauben, davon gab es hier tausende, es war ein unglaublicher ...