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The Slow boat to Luang Prabang
Thankfully it didn’t rain for long and the first leg of the slow boat trip was a cool 5 hours downriver to Pakbeng. They really do try to pack people onto the boat, but at least we all got a seat! The seats are old minibus seats with planks of wood attached to frames at…
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15th – 18th Oct – Luang Prabang
It didn’t take long to find a guest house as there are many near where the slow boat docks, we found a reasonable priced one and soon headed out for food. We found the night market and food market and ate a good all you can eat buffet style stall that cost under £1, meat…
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12th, 13th Oct – Chiang Rai
By the time we left Chiang Mai and boarded the bus to Chiang Rai which took 3 1/2 hours we arrived after dark and didn’t really know which direction to head. We finally decided where to go and talked the taxi into using his meter to take us there (taxi drivers don’t like to use…
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14th, 15th Oct – Laos slow boat
This morning we had to be ready to leave by 9, we had a nice breakfast at the guest house and were soon loaded onto the back of the truck heading for the boarder. We had to get a small boat across the Mekong river to get our visas, it didn’t take too long and…
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9th, 10th, 11th Oct – Chiang Mai
It’s been a while since I have blogged so I need to catch up on what we have been up to. Since leaving Sukhothai we went back down to Phitsanulok to catch a night train, there was a lovely little food market there so we spent some time going round and getting various foods it…
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Stopover in Chaing Rai and at the Laos border
We just managed to get the last tickets for the VIP bus (188b) from Chaing Mai to Chaing Rai, thanks to the help of a couple of girls we met in the bus station. The trip was good, it was an a/c bus which always helps. The 3.5 hour trip was uneventful, and after having…
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Laid back Chaing Mai
Our sleeper train arrived about an hour late, which is quite normal, and so we boarded around 1am ready for the 7 hour trip to Chaing Mai. I have been suffering with a stinking cold, and the AC on the train didn’t help much –but it was ok when I stuffed my t-shirt in the…
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7th/8th Oct – Moving on to Sukhothai
Well again we didn’t manage to get an early start (we’re getting lazy) but we got the 9.44 train to Phitsanulok arriving late of course, followed by a tuk tuk to the bus station and then a very old rickety bus to Sukhothai. The journey was only men’t to be an hour but took a…
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5th/6th Oct – Train to Ayuthaya
This morning we had planned to get up early and head to Ayuthaya but we snoozed a little too long and ended up getting the 10am train, a little after 2 hours we arrived! We headed for the area with the most guest houses and bars. After looking in 3 places we found a room…