The trip from Koh Phangnan to Phuket is a complicated one. We started in the morning in the back of a pickup truck, rattling around on our way to the port at Thong Sala. From there we took the ferry to Chumporn, at which a large bus was waiting to take us to Surat Thani. [...]
We buy some trousers that don’t zip off in the middle. Also, find out just how much heat exhaustion will make you vomit, and find out where the best restaurant in Hoi An is. Click here for the lowdown.
We just never get tired of buses. This time it’s a 19-hour effort to take us from Hanoi to Hoi An, the tailoring capital of Vietnam. Find out what it’s like to ride on a bus with beds by clicking here.
We return to Hanoi for our last day before moving on to southern Vietnam. We arrived at five in the morning, though, so the following could be an alarming mess of non-sequiturs and sepllnig msiteakes. Click here, if you dare.
We visit Sapa in northern Vietnam. It’s the closest we’ve come to China since Hong Kong, and we spend our time dodging souvenir sellers and hiking an unbelievably long way. Find out whether it’s fun walking on mud in 40 degree heat by clicking here.
We visit the plain of jars in Laos, situated in the most heavily-bombed area of the most heavily-bombed country in history. Find out if we messed around with strange chunks of metal by clicking here.
We get out of tourist-tastic Thailand and into Laos. First stop, Luang Prabang, and, with luck, some decent food. Also, Mendy tries waterfall-diving. Find out if I’ll spend the rest of our time in Asia pushing a wheelchair by clicking here.
