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Arrived back in Nongkhai in time for the 60th birthday party of the founder of T2T. Was fun. Had traditional thai orchestra and dancers, the music is growing on me but still not my favourite. Spent the week teaching at a summer camp at Meechia school, but only a few hours each morning so not too much. Katy and Laura are here, came to visit for 3 days which has been so good. Is great to see them and show them round. Saw all the sights and of course Bar Nanas, the quality thai club! They leave...

Wow! I had the grandest sleep in days! :) The shuffling of feet along the aisle woke me up and as soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the beerlady's face smiling at me. She handed me something, the check for the beers and food last night. Oops, I had completely forgotten that we haven't paid yet so I sorted it out. Haha! A few minutes past 9, the train stopped and all of us thought (including the Westerners) we're already in Nong Khai so we got all busy grabbing our bags but W...

Crossing the border from Laos to Thailand was every bit as easy as doing it in the other direction. A beautifully air-conditioned bus took us across the Mekong, switching from the right hand side of the road to the left; border formalities were painless; suddenly I'd left the calm of Laos and was back in busy, noisy Thailand. Nong Khai was a mid-sized town with not much to it, but it was as different from Vientiane as Vientiane was from Pak Beng. I took a room in an atmospheric guest house, h...

4/3/06 Arrived in Nong Khai this morning on the border with Laos after an overnight train from Bangkok. The train was a definite experience as it was so hot and we were right next to the toilet which smelt very bad! We were also sleeping on the top bunk on a moving train which isn't the most comfortable thing. So all in all it wasn't a good nights sleep. We were so excited to meet cat though and it was good to see her. We got a tuk tuk to her dorm which is very spacious but the heat hits yo...

Day 7 – October 30, 2007Moped Adventures:  Day 3…  This country becomes more beautiful to me by the day.  Just when I think I may never see a countryside more amazing again, we get on our mopeds and head in a different direction.  Today’s goal was to drive along the Mekong, visit several Wat’s (Buddhist temples) and to ultimately make our way to one of Thailand’s many national parks.  As we wound our way along the river the rice patties melded into mountains...

The next morning, staying at Sawasdee Guest House, I slept in a little late whilst 2 of our group went to the train station to get us some tickets for the overnight train back to Bangkok for that evening. Once they were back we checked out and left our bags in the hotel for the day whilst going out exploring the town. I had suggested a place called the Sala Kaewkoo described in Lonely Planet as ' a surreal spiritual and sculptural journey into the mind of a mystic shaman of Lao descent...

De avond van de 19e zijn we nog uit geweest met 2 studentes die we hebben ontmoet. We zijn naar een disco geweest op de 4de verdieping van een hotel. (je zal er maar een kamer hebben). Redelijk prijzig.. maar het was wel een leuke avond. De volgende dag weer vroeg op gestaan en de bus naar Nong Khai genomen, een stadje recht tegenover Vientiane en vanuit deze stad vertrekken de treinen richting het zuiden. Ons plan is om morgen ochtend de hechtingen in mijn arm er uit te halen en dan de...

Heute war ein sehr schoener Tag. Wir haben laenger geschlafen (nur einmal um 5:30 h durch Glockengebimmel unterbrochen) und sind dann aufgebrochen zu einem Skulpturenpark im Osten der Stadt. Die Fahrt dahin war sehr schoen, durch die Stadt, an Kuehen vorbei, durch eine Schule und einen Klosterhof hindurch, an lauter netten Menschen vorbei... Der Park selbst war auch sehr interessant, lauter grosse Figuren in einem sehr schoenen Garten... zum rumlaufen und anschauen wirklich sehr schoen, rein ...

Heathrow to Delhi, Delhi to Kathmandu joined by Moses (Hannah!) (bit of trekking), Nepal to N.India, down South and round to Goa and Mumbai, then over to Northern, then South Eastern Thailand. Simple as that (I think not..)

In certain situations I really prefer night buses. You save money for the accomodation, save valuable time if the trip takes long and you get forward while you sleep. If you are able to fall asleep of course. This is something I’ve learned and got trained on lots of previous trips. Pavel makes sometimes fun of me that I’m able to fall asleep in every ocasion if I want to and that I could oversleep an earthquake ( probably he’s right, hehe). If there will be ever an armage...

When this trip starts, there is something called...a plan. Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Thailand, Malaisia, India and Nepal again. I wonder what really happens and where I'll end up.

A very relaxed country to visit! Laos' capital city of Vientiane is probably the quietest capital in Southeast Asia. Van Vieng, scenic town in between Vientiane and Luang Prabang, has the River Nam Song popular for tubing among tourists. And of course, the heritage list town of Luang Prabang. Buddhism is so much alive here with so many temples. You will enjoy your meals in restored French colonial buildings around the town.

Now back in Thailand, we decided to take some time out at the border town of Nong Khai, until we could organise an overnight train back down to Bangkok. We hired bicycles and headed off to the Sculpture park...created by the same guy who made the Buddha Park across the water. It has been descibed as acid-induced modern art - which was quite accurate. I have the feeling this guy was slightly mad. His story describes him getting lost in the jungle, and sheltering in a cave, where he came across...