Southeast Asia Summer 2006
In and around Southeast Asia
Right, so we've passed our exams and now we're off for 8 weeks! We're hoping to visit Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Malaysia if we can fit them all in! Our journey begins when we leave London on Tuesday 11th of July which will get us into Bangkok at about midday on Wednesday the 12th. See you there! xxx
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Chris and Suzie
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Busy Bangkok
Sawasdee kha! (Hello)! We arrived on Wednesday at about 2pm before getting bus to Khoa San road (the cheap backpacker area of Bangkok). It was real... Continue reading »
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Chiang Mai
Overnight train was brilliant- better than French trains anyway! They offer you food and drinks, set up a little table for you and then when you want... Continue reading » -
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Beautiful Pai
We woke up, packed our bags for trekking, had breakfast and then loaded into the truck with five other people coming on the trek with us. We drove... Continue reading »
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Chiang Mai
We woke up, got ready, had breakfast and we were then picked up from our guesthouse by a tuk-tuk which took us to the cooking school. We were greeted... Continue reading » -
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Chiang Rai
After a nice lie in we were picked up from our guesthouse in Chiang Mai by a minibus taking us to the Thai-Laos border. The journey was really n... Continue reading » -
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Pakbeng
We got up early ready for our boat trip to Laos. We went through Thai immigration, then got a river ferry across to Laos (200m) and through Laos immig... Continue reading » -
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Luang Prabang
So after an early start and some breakfast (where the manager tried to charge us double) we got back onto the boat heading for Luang Prabang.&nb... Continue reading » -
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Vang Vieng
We woke up to the pouring rain and quickly ran across the road for some breakfast whilst we figured out what we wanted to do. By the time we finished... Continue reading » -
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Vientiane
We woke up and walked around a bit, looked round the main Wat of the city- Wat Si Saket and then went to book our flights to Hanoi. We also went to lo... Continue reading » -
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Hanoi
Hanoi is a crazy town! You can't walk down the street without getting hassled for a ride or some restaurant and they chase down the street aft... Continue reading »
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Halong Bay
We left Hanoi on a minibus and arrived in Halong, where we got on our boat and sailed off into the bay. Halong bay is absolutely beautiful, but the... Continue reading »
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Hue
We arrived off the bumpy bus, had an hours sleep and then wandered round the Citadel and the Imperial city. The weather in Hue is the opposite... Continue reading »
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Hoi An
We love Hoi An! We arrived late afternoon and by the time we got settled it was dark and everything was so pretty! Lanterns light up the streets an... Continue reading »
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Nha Trang
We arrived at 6.30 in the morning off the bus,found a hotel and went to sleep for a few hours as we had hảrdly any sleep on the bus. In the afterno... Continue reading »
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The motorbike tour
Ok, so i know you all think we're a little crazy for doing a motorbike tour for 3 days but it really is the only way to travel in Vietnam. So we le... Continue reading »
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Mui Ne
We arrived in Mui Ne at about 2 after our beautiful motobikeride. We checked into a hotel and went to explore. We realised that Mui Ne is basically... Continue reading »
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Ho Chi Minh
We arrived in Saigon in the evening and after finding a place to stay we went for some dinner with our travelling companions...after Suzie threw up... Continue reading »
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Phnom Penh
We left Saigon by bus and when we finally got through immigration and the guy cheating $5 dollars off us for our visas, we got through into Cambodi... Continue reading »
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Singapore
We're sorry for being rubbish at updating you all but I'm sure we'll talk to all soon and maybe one day we will add in all the missing bits! Having... Continue reading »
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