Our trips around the world…
After a ridiculously easy border crossing between Nong Khai and Vientiane (which took 1 hour total from leaving our hotel in Nong Khai to getting off the bus in Vientiane) we felt like we were seeing an old friend again. We had spent 9 days in the city 5 years ago and had loved it,... Continue Reading →
Before I start writing about Laos, I need to air a pet peeve. There are quite a few blogs online claiming to be the experts in travel and, in this case, state what money to take into Laos. All the articles that we read stated that US Dollars and Thai Baht are widely accepted, and... Continue Reading →
We were pretty glad to get out of Udon Thani, and only had an hour train to the border town of Nong Khai. Instantly we noticed that it had a very different vibe. Whilst there were still a good few old foreigners (especially at the foreign run bars around our hotel, featuring scantily clad and... Continue Reading →
Udon Thani was our next stop along the line. It really was chalk to Nakhon Ratchasima's cheese: there were foreigners everywhere. In some areas (mainly the restaurant and bar area) there were more foreigners that Thai's, and they all seemed, under first impressions, to fall into 1 of 3 stereotypes: A.) old man covered in... Continue Reading →
Our first venture through Thailand's north-eastern province of Isaan took us along the train route from Bangkok to Nong Khai on the Laos border. As we were treating this as more of a holiday than usual, we stuck to 3 of the towns and cities and generally explored the urban areas. First up was Nakhon... Continue Reading →
Well, the train from Bangkok station to Ayutthaya is certainly interesting! It was only 90 minutes, but it was all 3rd class. Now 3rd class is usually fine for us. More than fine in fact. But this was cramped. And by cramped, I mean that Will's knees nearly touched the seat in front of him,... Continue Reading →
2 Travelling Kiwis 