At the half way mark (Chiangmai) on my trip from Ubon to Northern Laos I met up with Steph again. Was great to swap stories and catch up. We both knew we would not be able to travel all of Laos together as our time frames where different, so we enjoyed the last of the time we had together. We arrived that evening in Chang khong a town on the Thai side of the boarder crossing and settled in for the night in a cozy and accommodating guesthouse. We woke the next mor...

There was something about leaving Bangkok which bought one very large smile to my face! I knew very little about how I would spend the next 10 days and this seemed to make it all the more exciting. I boarded the overnight train and was warmly welcomed by a women monk who made me feel very comfortable on what could have been a scary train trip. I soon realized she was from Wat Mahathat the place I practiced meditation. The trip however was not enjoyable at all and...

After my time meditating and three days of very little talking I was in need of some good company to chat away with no worries in the world to. And I found just that! Steph from the Uk became my savior and together we made our way down to Koch Phangan- Home to the biggest beach party in the world aka. Full Moon Party! The trip down was 15 hours involving a bus and ferry but well worth it as we checked in to Laid Back Bungalows and knew for the next two weeks all...

On my trip I have done everything to the extreme…. And for this reason i have fallen completly in love with travelling! I have placed myself in many situations that are not exactly common and not particularly comfortable. I have entered homes not knowing the owners, confonted and had conversations with complete strangers that I usually wouldn't and experienced many places and things out of the norm. Once again I knew it was time to step off the trodden path and...

"Baan Dada children's home and community services is a project of the Neohumanist Foundation. It started as a boys home in Huay Ma Lai village, Sangklaburi, Kanchanaburi province in 1994, in an effort to protect the growing number of disadvantaged children in the area. Sangklaburi borders Burma (Myanmar) where many refugees and migrant families moved to this area due to poverty, disease, and political repression by the Burmese military Government." Ba...