eat, drink, travel, repeat
So we finally managed to upload our video-mash of our 5 weeks in Laos. We had a brilliant time in Laos, its a stunningly beautiful country (as the video shows), and although we were there at the hottest time of the year, there was always a river nearby. We travelled the full length of Laos, […]
New Year’s in south-east Asia doesn’t exactly line up with the western world date wise – and neither do the festivities. In 2012 (or 2556 over here), April 13th is the last day of the year, April 14th is the day of no day – or the day that sits between two years, and April […]
We had heard that the annual New Year festival – known as Pi Mai in Laos, but better known as Songkran in Thailand – was something not to be missed. A three day long party, where everyone takes to the streets with water pistols, hoses, buckets, paint and flour to cause some mess. So we […]
In ‘The Art of Travel’, Philosopher and author Alain De Botton talks about the beauty of rail travel, and how it allows people to break away from their normal patterns of thought. “Of all the modes of transport, the train is perhaps the best aid to thought: the views have none of the potential monotony […]