after a short ride from our overnight stop in northern thailand we headed to the border crossing, a short ferry ride accorss the mekong put us in laos. we passed reliatively hassle free throught border control and made a bee line for the atm to get some local currency called kipp.. we felt quite rich after each getting 60,000 kipp and hopped in a mini bus to then take us to our slow boat, where we would spend the next 2 days travelling south to Luangprabang. Aft...

the night bus would take us from bangkok to chiang mai.. we set off early evening to the bus pick up and left our luggage int the safe hands of the least convincing ladyboy weve seen so far.. luck had struck us again... a vip coach and top front seats where me and dean could unravel our noprmally cramped long legs... air con above us and seats that reclined nearly flat.. !! what more could we ask for.. we set off headphones in with every intention of getting s...

We arrived in Bangkok late in the evening after an excellent couple of days in hk. We got to our hostel which was a big step up from were we stayed in hk. Located just off Khao San rd the epicenter for backpackers. The following day we decided to head out and see some of the temples when we got talking to a friendly local. a friendly local who we would soon learn a valuable lesson from.. if the form of scam artestry.. we were told that on that very day the goverm...

Our last day in Hong Kong and the weather was starting to pick up as the mist was dissapearing (just our luck). We got the star ferry across to honk kong island were we were meeting up with Andrew to go to Macau by boat. On our way we got chatting to a Canadian girl asking for directions to the beach, however, she couldnt resist spending the day with us cool lot in Macau. Macau, although having big Casinos dotted about the place, seemed a lot calmer and less h...

DAY 3# So we awoke on day three to more bad weather, cloudy and grey but that wasnt going to stop us. Changed and ready to go we set off in search for some breaky. We eventually found a great little japenese restaurant were the food was pretty good. Stomachs full we made for the star ferry which would take us to Lantau island were we were to meet Andy (now promoted to being tour guide). Now on Lantau island it was time for us, after being warned about the bad w...