Chiang Khong Travel Blogs

"The river is wide,I gotta get to the other side." The River Is Wide - Nick D'Virgilio After having bend myself in all kinds of crazy angles in an attempt to get some sleep (I don't think I will ever get the hang of sleeping on airplanes) we were served a fine breakfast at 2:30 AM destination tim…

I had a really terrible night where I spent more time in the bathroom than in my bed. I must have had a bit of food poisoning or something because I had the worst case of diarrea and vomiting ever. My plan was to get up at 05:00 and get an early bus to Chiang Khong, because I had to be in Huay Xai,…

What was it they said about 'the best laid plans....'? Mine went fairly astray today because a number of factors involving rogue bus drivers, language barriers, and the thai way of life in general. After being reassured multiple times by the Chiang Mai hotel concierge that there would be at le…

I woke up early and walked to the local 7/11 to get some supplies for the journey to Chiang Khong - water, nuts and tissues. With the shopping done I went back to Nice Kitchen for some breakfast - so much for eating somewhere new everyday! - and ordered some muesli with fruit and milk, plus a …

Our extended honeymoon in SE Asia. We're off to Sri Lanka for a blessing with Andrei's extended family, then onwards to Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.

First of all a warning: stay away from the travel-agency in the Nightmarket Centre hotel in Chiang Mai! I payed 650 B. for a 5-hour trip by special minibus to Chiang Khong. At least that's what I thought. Once at the busstation it turned out to be that my tickets were only valid in the regular, 9-…

In 2007 I went backpacking in South East Asia with a good friend of mine. We've spend 6 weeks visiting Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.

Apparently, I was sleep-reading last night, according to Burger. And I might well have been, though no-one has told me that I sleep-read before. I usually only sleep-doodle. This place has the coldest shower in anywhere we've been so far, though it's good for waking you up for another 8 hour boat j…

My stomach was in a bad state so no food for the day. Two friendly Irish guys, one welsh girl, a Canadian chick and a Kiwi were joining me on the speed boat. Once again they were surprised when i told them my age. Most expect that i am 20-22 years old which is strange but maybe it is just due to th…

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Quick stop in Chiang Khong . . .Our way of keeping track of the distances traveled during our journey . . .

Well I am about to embark on a trip which is the first of its kind for me, I am taking time out from the UK to go and discover countries I have never visited before. I'l be starting in Oz, Perth-Sydney-Cairnes-Brisbain, the to NZ, Christchurch-Auckland, Fiji, Bali, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia. To keep track of my travels keep logged on!

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), Barbara (Austria), Manuel (Austria) We arrived in Chiang Khong, Thailand, just before the border closed, but ended up disappointed that there were no night buses to Bangkok. We bumped into a group of other travellers who…

Well we decided to take a minivan bus for the six hour journey to Chiang Khong, the border town between Thailand and Laos. The last bit of road between Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong was very pretty with bright green rice paddies and jungle everywhere. The minivan dropped us off at their really margin…

In the 4 weeks I spent in Thailand, I've visit Bangkok, Pattaya, the bridge on the river Kwai, Kanchanaburi, a small part of Isaan, and the North-West part of the country (Golden Triangle). I also visit Myanmar (Burma) with a 1 day visa.