First stop East Asia
In and around Auckland, New Zealand
Arriving in Thailand on March 31, we join a GAP Adventure tour for the first month.
Starting in Bangkok on April 02 we head to Chiang Mai,Chiang Khong, into Laos then into Vietnam, leaving southern Vietanm and heading into Cambodia and finishing back in Bangkok 29 days later.
At present the plans are to head back to Vietnam and follow our wims. We have 2 months to explore before heading for London on June 30.
Then ???
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Kevin & Jo
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Hot and Sticky Bangkok
Hi everyone,
After 12 hours we finally made it to Bangkok Thailand, we flew into the new airport which is just huge. Our hotel the Mont... Continue reading »
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Short and Sweet Chiang Mai
15 hours later we arrive in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. After a quick check into our hotel Mandala House we just had time to shower before he... Continue reading » -
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Chiang Mai to Laos
After leaving Chiang Mai on the 05 April we headed to Chiang Khong which boarders laos. Chiang Khong sits on one side of the Mekong Riv... Continue reading »
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Luang Prabang - Jewel of Laos
What a time we have had here. We arrived at sunset after a full day on the river boat. Luang Prabang is known as the jewel of Laos and it is. A huge F... Continue reading » -
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Vientiane - The capital of Laos
Two nights in Vientiane is enough. Dinner on the shore of the Mekong and a day exploring. A city under much construction. Heading to the border of Vie... Continue reading » -
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Lak Sao, Laos boarder crossing.
Travel from Vientiane to Lak Sao which is the boarder town before crossing over into Vietnam.
This journey follows the Mekong River for a 100... Continue reading »
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Crazy Hanoi
After a very early start we left Lak Sao and headed to the Vietnam boarder, what an experience. After 4 hours at the boarder control where... Continue reading » -
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Scenic Halong Bay
After leaving the crazy streets of Hanoi, we headed for Ha Long Bay which is about 3 hours north east of Hanoi, Ha Long Bay is literally translated... Continue reading »
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Hue
13 hours after leaving Hanoi on an overnight train we arrived in Hue, feeling very jaded after a very bumpy night. Hue was a welcome relief a... Continue reading »
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Charming Hoi An
3 hours bus ride from Hue we arrived in the riverside town of Hoi An. Hoi An is an ancient port town on the Thu Bon River, today tourism ha... Continue reading » -
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Saigon
After just finding our feet in Hoi An, we were off to Saigon or Ho Chi Minh City as it is now called. We drove an hour to Danang where we flew t... Continue reading » -
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Chau Doc Boarder Town
Another early start, we left Saigon for a 7 hour bus ride to Chau Doc which is the boarder town before we cross to Cambodia, bus ride made very intere... Continue reading » -
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Phnom Penh Capital of Cambodia
Leaving Chau Doc Vietnam for Phnom Penh Cambodia we travelled by river boat to the Cambodian border where we crossed with ease yay. After a... Continue reading » -
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Pretty Siem Reap
After flying the 40mins from Phenom Penh we arrived into Siem Reap, what a pretty city it is compared to Phenom Penh. We had an afternoon lookin... Continue reading » -
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Back to Bangkok
The final leg of our trip brings us back to Bangkok. We left Siem Reap at 8am for what wes supposed to be a 4 hour trip to the border. Not so funny ha... Continue reading » -
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Ko Samui
Headed to Koh Samui for a break to rest from our travels. Last night we stayed at Lamai Beach in a bungalow just back from the beach. Today we are hea... Continue reading » -
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Koh Tao
One and half hours north of Koh Samui by fast ferry is Koh Tao a small island only really developed for tourists in the last 5 years, it is very... Continue reading » -
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Sunny Koh Phangan
Having settled into island life well and truly we decided to leave Koh Tao Island and head south to the beaches of Koh Phangan Islan... Continue reading »
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Back to Saigon
May 25 we flew back to Saigon via Bangkok. As the only airline to fly from Koh Samui we flew with Bangkok Airways. They are a small boutique airlin... Continue reading »
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Mui Ne
We purchased open bus tickets to travel to Mui Ne and on to Nha Trang. US$6 each for the Saigon to Mui Ne leg. Mui Ne is about 200km east of Saigon... Continue reading »
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Nha Trang
Leaving Mui Ne we used the second sector on our open bus ticket to take us to Nha Trang. This trip is 270km and takes about 5 hours. Nha Trang is o... Continue reading »
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Back To Hoi An
After a 1 hour flight from Nha Trang we arrived in Danang. 45 min by taxi we are back in one of our favorite places in Vietnam, Hoi An.
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Hanoi
Well Leaving Hoi An it is about a 45min drive back to Danang and then an hours flight back to the capital of Vietnam, Hanoi. Returning to Hanoi for... Continue reading »
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Chiang Mai Revisited
After a late night flight from Hanoi to Bangkok, we spent a night at Bangkok airport awaiting our 6am flight to Chiang Mai. It certainly was... Continue reading »
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London
After leaving Chiang Mai we returned to Bangkok for three nights. Sat 30 June we flew to London. After clearing customs we made our way underground... Continue reading »
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The Cotswolds
After a very busy and wet first week in London, we left the hussle and bussle and headed for the Cotswolds. We arrived to a very sunny d... Continue reading »
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The Lake District
From the Cotswolds we headed to Macclesfield which is in Cheshire, we stayed with Wendy a friend of Helen's who kindly accommodated us for a c... Continue reading »
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York & Whitby
From Cumbria (Lake District) we headed to York, via the Yorkshire Dales National Park passing through Harrogate. In York the weather wasn't q... Continue reading »
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Southampton
Stu joined us in the Cotswolds for a few days before we all headed down to Southampton for the start of Cowes week on the Isle of Wight, the weathe... Continue reading »
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Abersoch Wales
With the sun shinning for more than just one day, we decided to take a road trip a little further afield and headed to Abersoch in North Wales, whe... Continue reading »
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