"This is not a good day. Matt has planned out our twelve hour car journey to Nong Khai. We went to bed at five am. We were scheduled to start at 9 am. Matt is still drunk at 9:30 am ..."
"The Mekong river is the place to be, at least it seems that way with the number of falongs we've seen lately. Oh life as a falong isn't all it's cracked up to be. Under ..."
"We got up early this morning to catch the bus to Nong Khai, which is where you can cross the border to Laos. After a bit of confusion we headed off in what we thought was the wrong ..."
"After a non eventful 12 hour train journey we arrived in Nong Khai at around 11:30 am, we put the bikes back together and headed for the centre to look for some accommodation. Stev ..."
"I decided to go the hard-ass route a la Jody and wing it from city to city instead of flying. It's been kinda scary, a lot cheaper, and very confidence inspiring. I woke up early t ..."
"I'm in Nong Khai now, which is in the very north of Thailand, on the border with Laos. I was actually supposed to leave two days ago to go to Sukhothai, but its so ..."
" Crossing the border back into Thailand from Laos was, as always, a frustrating adventure in feeling ripped off. We crossed on a Sunday, so we had to pay "overtime" charges fo ..."
"An easy ride over the border on the Thai-Laos Friendship bus which crosses the multi-million dollar friendship bridge over the Mekong. this is the main route tourists take to get f ..."
"Nong Khai is a strange place but a few people love it for some reason. We arrived at Mut Mee guest house not knowing quite what to expect and we realised it was a bit of a hi ..."