October 31st, 2005 - Goodbye Thailand Hello Laos!
Outside one of the Tempals in N. Thailand
Happy halloween!!! Too bad halloween here means nothing! It's like it doesn't even exist over here. Makes me sad to know that everyone at home is dressing up and going on the piss.
We left the lovely town of Pai today after spending about a week in the hillside heaven. We were lucky enough to have to spend 8 hours on the bus to get to our next destination though. Something i forgot to mention before is how CRAZY, i meant absolutely INSANE the drivers are here. Overtaking everywhere, motorbikes everywhere, i am amazed more people don't die every day. It is hard to describe, but it is absolute madness.
So here we are in Chiang Rai. We are in northern thailand, not far from the Thailand-Laos border, and will be heading there tommorrow. We are even luckier tommorrow with our travels!! A 3 hour bus ride, followed by going through customs and a 6 hour boat ride! I can't wait!
There doesn't seem to be much to Chaing Rai. There are no real attractions, it is a town of about 40 000 and it is pouring rain today so i don't like it. :-( I hope it is sunny in Laos.
We left the lovely town of Pai today after spending about a week in the hillside heaven. We were lucky enough to have to spend 8 hours on the bus to get to our next destination though. Something i forgot to mention before is how CRAZY, i meant absolutely INSANE the drivers are here. Overtaking everywhere, motorbikes everywhere, i am amazed more people don't die every day. It is hard to describe, but it is absolute madness.
So here we are in Chiang Rai. We are in northern thailand, not far from the Thailand-Laos border, and will be heading there tommorrow. We are even luckier tommorrow with our travels!! A 3 hour bus ride, followed by going through customs and a 6 hour boat ride! I can't wait!
There doesn't seem to be much to Chaing Rai. There are no real attractions, it is a town of about 40 000 and it is pouring rain today so i don't like it. :-( I hope it is sunny in Laos.