Chiang Mai: 6-10 Dec 2013

Playing cards at our very own private table

Rach says:

After a very fast and wobbly 5.5 hour bus ride from Sukhothai, we flew into the forecourt of our guesthouse Naruncha Green on one wheel of our tuk-tuk, almost overturning in the entrance. We are used to these Asian drivers keeping you on your toes, but even so... At least we were greeted with a beer and a Pad Thai each - thanks Marije and Evelien!

Sukhothai: 4-6 Dec 2013

At Wat Chang Lom (Elephant Temple)

Rach says:

Finally our Indian visas were ready and we were on the move. We were headed north to Chiang Mai to catch up with Evelien and Marije and travel with them to Laos, but decided to break up the 12 hour bus ride with a halfway stop in Sukhothai to visit the nearby 13th century ruins of the old capital of the Sukhothai Kingdom.

At Bangkok bus station we were faced with a long row of kiosks stretching to our left and right, each inhabited by an over-eager sales person shouting at us from the window as we wandered by. It was at this point we realised we couldn't remember whether we'd been advised to go with the government bus or definitely not to go with the government bus (we had been warned of various scams such as 'breaking down' near a

Bangkok: 22 Nov - 4 Dec 2013

It is only the lady-slash-boy on the left
that tells this is not a regular bar...

Pete says:

We arrived in Bangkok at night, tired and in need of food. When I asked our hostel's staff where we could get something to eat, they pointed us down a dark empty side street with about 3 restaurants and nothing else. They seemed to think there was nowhere else nearby, which made us wonder if we had picked a bad place to stay. We were amazed to find however, a few days later, that walking a short way in the opposite direction brought us