Houay Xai Travel Blogs

What does it take to get from northern Thailand to Laos? Answer: three Chiangs. Unfortunately Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong are all uneventful and same-same. Much more interesting are the three other backpackers with me on the bus: Henrietta from Englan and mates Zohar and Niv from I…

KERRY - So we had signed up to the Gibbon Experience in the wet season! A 3 day Trek into the Bokeo National Park. They do warn you what will be involved in the 3 days and that you do need to trek for 6 hrs to get there and 8 hrs to get back, and you do listen to this and take it on board and then …

The Gibbon Experience is held in the Bokeo Nature Reserve and is an attempt to conserve the area from poaching, logging and slash-and-burn farming. The Gibbon Experience, as travellers know it, however, is a three-day stay in treehouses within the reserve with full access to some extreme zip-wires …

Up early this morning and into a tuk tuk to the bus station.  Chiang Mai rush hour was wonderful - darting into back alleys, causing traffic jams, but nobody got stressed, just smiled at each other. It took us 6 hours to get to Chiang Khong where we got someone to arrange our visa whilst …

Wir sind wieder sehr frueh aufgewacht (die Gewoehnung...), haben uns fertig gemacht, ausfuehrlich gefruehstueckt, noch etwas gequatscht und haben uns dann auf den (weniger anstrengenden da bergab) Rueckweg gemacht. Leider bin ich an dem Tag etwas krank geworden (Erkaeltung, Magendarm...) und war de…

So pretty much the same itinerary as yesterday except with less sun. Played a very frustrating game of Frustration, we all got half way through before giving up and yes I lost again! we have arrived at the town before we cross the river to get back into Thailand. Its not that great and there real…

We finally got onto the boat after the tiresome visa process in Houay Xai, we were told that there was no accomodation in Luang Prabang but the local operators could get us rooms if we booked with them??? we declined and would try ourselves.  The boat was an awesome experience and we meet some…

This is an itinerary of our trip around the world and does not include any journal entries.

It has been a few day since I returned back from South East Asia & It has been depressing but my friends have made it easier to adjust to Sydney life again. My photo's couldn't convey how amazing South East Asia is and how much I enjoyed the holiday.