Singapore, Singapore

Aug 20, 2010

Day 27 Up at 5.30 am to leave at 6.30 on a minivan to the port and then get the 8pm ferry back to mainland thailand. Here we got a bus to Malaysia and into Georgetown. Clocks went forward 1 hour once we entered Malaysia. We dropped our bags at the hotel and went to the night food market (as it was now 9pm). This was a large seating area with some booths to order food from, each with different types of food. Most of us picked one in particula...

Koh Samui, Thailand

Aug 11, 2010

Day 22 Today was a pretty free day, did a bit of shopping and got my suit fitted before going out to eat at a BBQ Grill house. Andy and I also booked a visit to the Aquarium for tomorrow. Day 23 We got up and checked out at 11 and got a taxi to the centre of bangkok. There are 4 huge shopping centres here, one full of expensive shops, one food, one was closed and the other was full of smaller shops and market stalls. We went into the food...

Bangkok, Thailand

Aug 7, 2010

Day 17 part 2 We ate that night at an Italian restaurant and were told about options during our trek the following days. After eating we went to watch Muay Thai boxing for a couple of hours before going back to the hotel. Day 18 We met 'Sunny' the guide at 9am and he introduced us to our guide for the trek who works for him. His name was Suryan and we set off toward the trek starting point. On the way we stopped at a market for Suryan to...

Chiang Mai, Thailand

Aug 2, 2010

Day 14 We were up early to get a bus to Luang Prabang further north in Laos. We set off and about 1hr later (of a 7 hour journey) we got stuck in traffic. A small sized petrol tanker had fallen in a ditch and there was a crane in the middle of the road trying to pull it out. We were stuck here for about an hour before setting off again. We drove for another 3 hours before stopping for some lunch, I got a tuna sandwich and then it began to rai...

Vang Vieng, Laos

Jul 29, 2010

Day 9 part 2 After lunch we did some shopping, and then met back at the hotel for 7 to meet the new person joining us and go out to eat. The new person is Aisling from northern ireland. We had dinner at Ricky's cafe which isnt amazing but was cheap. After eating we went to see Vicky as she was having a tatoo done, then said bye to the welsh family as they were leaving early in the morning, then went to bed. Day 10 + 11 We were up at 10am...