I love national holidays. I don’t just mean bank holidays which means a three day weekend and a four day working week. I love national holidays that bring a community or a nation together to celebrate something like Halloween at home or Hogueras in Alicante or New Years Eve in London. Ammun and I managed […]
Thailand
The Weird and the Wonderful of a Jungle Survival Camp
After going to bed feeling a little bit unsure, we woke up bright and early with more excitement than nerves about what the next two days in the jungle would entail. We walked down the road to Mr Chart’s office for 8:30am, stopping for breakfast on the way and were joined by another guy called […]
A Little Piece of Pai
“Eat well before your journey to Pai because the journey will make you feel sick.” Exactly 767 fast bends in the mountainous road later, both us and our bags had made it from Chiang Mai to Pai in separate cars. Even during the 10 minute walk from the bus station to our hostel I already […]
The True Thailand in Chiang Mai
After two weeks island hopping in very westernised islands filled with western people, it has been really nice to return to cities where I can witness Thai people just going about their daily lives, doing everyday things. I really feel like Ammun and I have got the true taste of Thailand in Chiang Mai and […]
A Flying Visit To Phuket
After our boat and hour long bus transfer to our hostel we were absolutely pooped. I think two weeks of constant drinking and then three nights of late night partying in a row in Koh Phi Phi took it out of us a bit so Ammun and I had a good rest while Tom packed […]
Three Run Free in Koh Phi Phi
Koh Phi Phi has probably been the most westernised island we’ve been to which has had its pros and cons. We had to get 2 boats and two busses to get here from Koh Tao and once we were walking to our hostel I couldn’t help but think of how different it is to Vietnam […]
Koh Tao And My First Scuba Diving Experience
Ammun and Tom are obsessed with Mexican food. This is a fact I’ve know about their relationship for a very long time now so when I first started looking at hostels on Koh Tao and came across one called Taco Shack Hostel that only serves Mexican food, their faces lit up brighter than the Thai […]
Three Begin Their Island Hopping In Koh Phangan
Once again I’m beginning a blog post by complaining about night busses. I don’t know why we still put ourselves through this! Okay, if I looked at my bank balance then I’d remember why. This bus was so uncomfortable that even Ammun who can sleep anywhere barely slept! Luckily we had the whole back row […]
The One With Our Trip To Vang Vieng (and Bangkok part 2)
Our travels in the world’s most relaxing country continue. And don’t worry, this blog doesn’t include as much sleeping as Luang Prabang! Our bus to Vang Vieng was a lot more traumatic than expected. The world’s moodiest minivan driver powered on and was very stubborn when we made one loo stop and one lunch stop […]
Bangkok’s High-Rise Buildings and Hierarchies
Like I said in my last blog post, it took us 40 hours to travel from Peru to Bangkok and I arrived very confused, tired, excited and with very swollen ankles from spending 26 hours in the air and not being able to lie flat. Our first 8 hour flight from Lima to LAX was […]