Day eight: Pai - Chiang Dao.Fuelled up, packed and ready to hit the road for the next part of our Northern Thailand trip. Our first stop was for breakfast at a roadside eatery not far outside of Pai. Whilst eating our obligatory noodle soup, I saw something slither from out of the corner of my eye, we then heard the manic flapping of wings. Amelia and I looked over and saw a bird narrowly escaping, what surely would've been certain death from a fairly large s...

Day 1: Chiang Mai - Mae Chaem. After visiting our favourite local eatery for breakfast, Chris rode, with me and his rucksack balanced on the back, down to 'Tony's Big Bikes'. Since there would already be two of us on the Honda CRF250, there was not much space left over for luggage. So we had managed to squeeze as many clothes and necessities into my smaller backpack and day bag to take with us on our adventure, and we would therefore be storing Chris&...

After 8 hours sleep in 3 days, and 3 flights later, Amelia and I were glad to be in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We were actually organised too. Accommodation was booked and for a mere 50 baht each (£1), we were taken directly to the guesthouse from the airport. We were dropped at 'Gap's House', which didn't look too great, in fact we were worried by how rundown the place looked. But, we were soon relieved when we stepped in the room. It had air-con, it...

As we turned our phones off 'airplane mode' the last thing we were expecting was to see a text message from Jing (the Filipino we met on Boracay) saying he was at the airport with his girlfriend Jho-einah to meet us! We only had one night in Cebu City as we would be flying to Kuala Lumpur the next day. So it was really nice that we could see our new Filipino friends again. Being an extremely hospitable and helpful nation, Jing waved down a metered taxi fo...

Amelia and I left Port Barton by minibus and arrived a few hours later in the capital of Palawan, Puerto Princesa. As usual the bus terminal was outside walking distance to the city centre, so we took a tricycle. Eventually, after finding that many places were fully booked or overpriced, our driver found a place for us to stay, it was called 'Natua's Cabins'. The location was perfect for us, literally right next to the airport. We could've almost ...