We stayed at the Happy Family Guesthouse near Vinh Long on the Mekong Delta who took us on a boat ride to Cai Ba to see the markets and rice factories. On the day we were meant to leave the, we were invited to have breakfast with the owner’s family (since we were the only Read More …
Month: June 2016
Vietnam | Mekong Delta | Local Experience
On the third day on the Mekong Delta, we had planned to go back to Saigon but our host invited us to meet his family to have breakfast. A 5 minute walk down a dirt track brought us to his family home which was quite large with lots of land and free roaming chickens and Read More …
Thailand | Chiang Mai | Video
Chiang Mai was our absolute favourite place in Thailand. We planned to visit for 2-3 days and ended up staying for 9! Situated in the mountains in North Thailand, the climate is relatively cool which was a refreshing change. There’s so much to do here from street foods to fine dining to rock climbing to posh swimming Read More …
Thailand | Rock Climbing
If you’re coming to Thailand for a 100% climbing holiday, obviously bring all your gear as you’re looking at between £20-£40/ day/ 2 people for full rental. If, however, you’re like me – travelling South East Asia and climbing for a few days here and there- I’d recommend just bringing your shoes and renting the Read More …
Thailand | Krabi & Railay Beach
Krabi Krabi is about 6 hours from Koh Phangan, and the organised transport is very easy to navigate. I felt that Krabi had very little to offer, it’s run down and the shops are geared up for tourists. We only stayed there one night and that was enough- it was only a stop-over to Railay Read More …
Thailand | Video 2 | Bangkok| Koh Tao | Koh Phangan | Railay Beach
Annoyingly, my last video was removed by YouTube as I used a song from SME which I didn’t have permission for- here’s the video again with a different backing track! Ian joined me in Bangkok where I forced him to see lots of temples but we also did some pretty cool things like eat bugs Read More …
Thailand | Video | Bangkok | Koh Tao | Koh Phangan | Krabi
Ian joined me in Bangkok where I forced him to see lots of temples but we also did some pretty cool things like eat bugs (scorpions) and take the water taxis. Next, we went to Koh Tao which was our favourite island by far. It’s not too touristy, fairly small and very scenic. Of course, Read More …
Thailand | Koh Phangan
We didn’t stay on Koh Phangan for very long but the impression we had was that it was very touristy and you’ll struggle to find anything that resembles ‘authentic’ Thai living. It’s a very large island though, so you could probably spend a long time there and not discover all of the view points and nice Read More …
Thailand | Koh Tao
We booked an overnight train for ~£20 each to Chumphon from Bangkok, arriving at 4am to transfer to a bus then ferry to Koh Tao- exhausting! Koh Tao is just the right size with a mixture of touristy shops and café’s along with street food and side stalls. One thing that surprised me was the Read More …
China | Fujian | Full Version
Day 22 We arrived in Fujian Province at around 6pm and went straight to our accommodation: a round house! They weren’t as I imagined. Kind of like the castles of china, these enormous circular buildings are 3-4 stories tall housing hundreds of people in tiny simplistic bedrooms around the edge. The centre of the circle Read More …