The mighty Mekong to Luang Prabang
Dawn broke and we took a 90 minute drive down towards the Thai-Laos border at Chiang Kong. Paperwork, taxes, and some more taxes later we were officially in Laos, Land of a Thousand Elephants. A further short bus ride after customs, along with the to be expected extortionate tourist tax and visa, and we were […]
Our Bamboo nest with the hill-tribes in the mountains of Chiang Rai, and our ‘death walk’
The next stop after a brief night layover in Manila was a 4am flight to Chiang Rai via Bangkok. This was a defining moment: we had asked for wake up calls for both rooms in our Remington airport hotel. The two of us still getting dressed, at 3am walk in, hiking boots and backpacks in […]