Author Archives: Butty

Set off to visit the Ho Chi Minh Museum and his Mausoleum and a few other museums. Research was crap as most museums are closed on Fridays and Mondays, neither of which are we going to be here. Therefore the … Continue reading →

Our hotel is in the Old Quarter and near Hoan Kiem Lake. It is a noisy and hectic part of the City and the place to be to see Hanoi. Spent the morning wandering around the Old Quarter taking in … Continue reading →

We took to our bicycles again to pop down the road to the UXO visitor centre. (Unexploaded Ordinance). This is a centre that should be in the centre of town not on the edge. The place is a little scruffy. … Continue reading →

We decided to do the town today by bicycle, the hotel has complimentary ones. We went first of all to Ock Pop Tok an ethical weaving centre 2 k’s out of town. Delightful spot beside the river. They weave from … Continue reading →

Walked the high street and down to the Khan River which flows into the Mekong and stopped for a beer. Visited the most important Wat the Wat Xiengthong, very old of brick and wood with lots of murals and mosaics. … Continue reading →

Spent the day exploring the town to orientate ourselves. We have nearly four days here and Luang Prabang is not that big, all accessible on foot. Soon realised than we were lucky to have hit the day/night of a special … Continue reading →

Up ar 6.30 for 7.0 breakfast and on board for 7.30 for the nine hour second day of the trip on the Mekong to Luang Prebang in Laos. We had two stops today, another Hill Village and some caves that … Continue reading →

Off we go on our 2 day trip down the Mekong to Luang Prebang in Laos. We were collected from our hotel at 8.00am and taken to the Thai immigration and passport control area on the Thai side of the … Continue reading →

Woke up this morning to rain, the first we have had. Irene’s tum still a little dodgy so decided to travel to Chiang Khong on the border of Laos by private car arranged by the hotel. More comfortable than the … Continue reading →

Had a of a rough night! I (Irene) was up on and off getting rid of any food from the last two day! The bed was like a rock. We’ve never slept ( or not) on such a hard bed, … Continue reading →

Caught bus at 9am for our two and half hour bus ride to Phayao . VIP bus with wide comfy reclining seats and of course AC. £5.00 each for VIP bus. Crazy. Arrived Phayao and asked how to get to … Continue reading →

Today was Chiangmai cookery class, called ‘A lot of Thai’. We were picked up by Yui, and she was to be our chef/teacher for the day. We met our fellow students, two from Macau, two from Singapore, two from Florida … Continue reading →

7.00am pick up by minibus this morning for the long return trip up north to what is known as the Golden Triangle, the small area where the three countries of Thailand, Mirima(Burma) and Laos meet. Laos is actually the other … Continue reading →