22 hours later we arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam. Much to Ryans disappointment, the death road was actually a pretty smooth ride. With the assistance of our hotel we didnt get so ripped off by a rigged meter taxi, the driver wanted 500,000VND but we only gave him 200,000VND in the end. Some how his meter jumped through the kilometers quicker than you could blink. Exhausted from the long day we slept amazingly well on the worlds hardest bed. We got up pretty late so o...

The time flew by in Luang Prabang. We only managed to visit one temple, only because it was the best place to see the sunset however it was so cloudy there wasn't much point to it. We met up with some of the people we chatted to on the boat but didn't really do much until the kayaking. Which was awesome. We met our guide, who didn't turn out to be our guide. Whis was because our guide was late as he was having breakfast so on the way to the river we had to pick u...

We were left waiting for our mini van again, eventually it turned up 30 mins late,to take us to the Thailand/Laos boarder, is anything ever on time? We were the last to be picked up so had to climb into the front, as the whole van was full, our bags only just fitted in the back. The tour company hasn't seemed to realise that a van full of people crossing the boarder means lots of luggage too. One of the seats in the front was makeshift and a 5 hour trip on it did...

The train to Chiang Mai seemed okay, the chairs were simple and comfy.......when they stayed in one position, they appeared to recline alot. When we booked the tickets we oppted for air con, as the open window and fan option we had on the previous train trip was slightly unpleasant. Eventually the air con lost its icey coldness and we had to turn the fans on too. The journey was nice and we got to see alot of country side, rice and corn fields, jungles and watc...

So we have left the beach and the relaxed atmosphere. Altough we were sad to leave the beach behind we are very happy to have a room and bed that do not have sand in them!! Because the train was so delayed on the way to Pran Buri we decided to give the bus a go on the way back to Bangkok. We were lucky and only had a 20 minute wait for the next bus. We opted for a coach like bus rather then a mini bus as we are considerebly taller then most thai people and were ...