Thursday, 28 July 2011
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Planning
Come friday it will be four weeks until we go !!
As I have another holiday booked though with 5 of my friends to Rhodes on the 20th to the 27th of August and only about 10 days inbetween the two trips (bit of a greedy summer I know! but one hell of a good one eh?) ... I want to be pretty much organised for travelling before I go on that holdiay.
Feeling alot more organised now. We have decided on Laos instead of Cambodia. Cambodia will have to be saved for another trip. Heard yesterday that there is some flooding in Laos at the moment but as we won't be there till mid August I'm hoping it will be settled by then. Have done lots of reading on Laos and it sounds beautiful (particularly Luang Prabang) and perhaps less touristy than some other areas of S E Asia.
We've made an itinerary of where we want to go and how many nights we want to stay in each place, but it is definitely open to change when we are there!! At present the plan is something along the lines of: Thailand (Bangkok, Ko Tao, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Phuket and Ko Phi Phi) decided we probably don't have time for chiang mai now, then on to Laos (Viang Vien, Vientiane and Luang Prabang) and lastly Vietnam (Hanoi, Halong bay boat trip, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh city), then flying from Ho Chi Minh back to Bangkok and staying there for 2 nights before going home.
I have started buying, borrowing, gathering some of the essentials I need for my trip, such as a mosquito net and I finally found a maxi dress that is the right length for me, which I think will be good for temples etc. as my legs will be covered.
We have also booked a few things: accomodation for our first 2 nights in Bangkok (£3.79 per night :O ), 4 nights accomodation in Koh Phangan for the August full moon party that we plan to go to, as have heard it gets very booked up around this time! and our flight from Ho Chi Minh city back to Bangkok for when we fly home and lastly our 2 nights accomodation in Bangkok before we fly home on the 14th of September (we splashed out at £12.50 per night and get a pool and a nice hotel near the airport for this, funny how when travelling in Europe that would have been cheap accomodation!) Pretty much everything else we are planning on booking when we are out there.
Anyway not that long to go now, getting very excited and also a little nervous ....
As I have another holiday booked though with 5 of my friends to Rhodes on the 20th to the 27th of August and only about 10 days inbetween the two trips (bit of a greedy summer I know! but one hell of a good one eh?) ... I want to be pretty much organised for travelling before I go on that holdiay.
Feeling alot more organised now. We have decided on Laos instead of Cambodia. Cambodia will have to be saved for another trip. Heard yesterday that there is some flooding in Laos at the moment but as we won't be there till mid August I'm hoping it will be settled by then. Have done lots of reading on Laos and it sounds beautiful (particularly Luang Prabang) and perhaps less touristy than some other areas of S E Asia.
We've made an itinerary of where we want to go and how many nights we want to stay in each place, but it is definitely open to change when we are there!! At present the plan is something along the lines of: Thailand (Bangkok, Ko Tao, Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Phuket and Ko Phi Phi) decided we probably don't have time for chiang mai now, then on to Laos (Viang Vien, Vientiane and Luang Prabang) and lastly Vietnam (Hanoi, Halong bay boat trip, Hoi An, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh city), then flying from Ho Chi Minh back to Bangkok and staying there for 2 nights before going home.
I have started buying, borrowing, gathering some of the essentials I need for my trip, such as a mosquito net and I finally found a maxi dress that is the right length for me, which I think will be good for temples etc. as my legs will be covered.
We have also booked a few things: accomodation for our first 2 nights in Bangkok (£3.79 per night :O ), 4 nights accomodation in Koh Phangan for the August full moon party that we plan to go to, as have heard it gets very booked up around this time! and our flight from Ho Chi Minh city back to Bangkok for when we fly home and lastly our 2 nights accomodation in Bangkok before we fly home on the 14th of September (we splashed out at £12.50 per night and get a pool and a nice hotel near the airport for this, funny how when travelling in Europe that would have been cheap accomodation!) Pretty much everything else we are planning on booking when we are out there.
Anyway not that long to go now, getting very excited and also a little nervous ....
Sunday, 19 June 2011
Posting from England
Last year I travelled across Europe, firstly I travelled with two friends and then with my sister. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience, Amsterdam, Budapest and Split / Dubrovnik in Croatia being personal highlights. Below are two pictures from my European travels (when my backpacking addiction began!)
This year I decided I was ready to go further afield and experience something completely different.
On the 5th of August (around six and a half weeks away) I am jetting off to South East Asia with one of my closest pals, Michelle. We are still trying to finalise our route as there is quite alot we want to pack in to our five and half weeks in Asia. We hope to visit the north of Thailand, in particular we are keen on doing an elephant trek in Chaing mai and also the south of Thailand (including the many islands - Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phi Phi). We are also planning on travelling through Vietnam, going either from Hanoi down to Ho Chi Minh city or the other way around, making sure we stop at some exciting places along the way. We plan to spend around two and a half weeks in Thailand and two weeks in Vietnam, this leaves us with about a week to travel through Laos or Cambodia. Originally I was keen on going through Cambodia, but having been told by many people that "we must go to Laos" we are now considering Laos instead.
While researching for my trip I found myself reading many peoples blogs online about their South East Asian adventures and found this very enjoyable. I have decided to write a blog as I go along my travels, mostly for myself. I can print off my entries when I return and have a personal record of my travels. Seems like a better idea than dragging around a journal with me. I realise that there are only a few people that will be interested in reading my blog as I go along, but I think it will be nice for those few people to know what I am up to, if I have time and can work out how to then I may be able to share some photos along the way too.
Ciao for now..... six and a half weeks and counting ......... :)
This year I decided I was ready to go further afield and experience something completely different.
On the 5th of August (around six and a half weeks away) I am jetting off to South East Asia with one of my closest pals, Michelle. We are still trying to finalise our route as there is quite alot we want to pack in to our five and half weeks in Asia. We hope to visit the north of Thailand, in particular we are keen on doing an elephant trek in Chaing mai and also the south of Thailand (including the many islands - Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Koh Tao and Koh Phi Phi). We are also planning on travelling through Vietnam, going either from Hanoi down to Ho Chi Minh city or the other way around, making sure we stop at some exciting places along the way. We plan to spend around two and a half weeks in Thailand and two weeks in Vietnam, this leaves us with about a week to travel through Laos or Cambodia. Originally I was keen on going through Cambodia, but having been told by many people that "we must go to Laos" we are now considering Laos instead.
While researching for my trip I found myself reading many peoples blogs online about their South East Asian adventures and found this very enjoyable. I have decided to write a blog as I go along my travels, mostly for myself. I can print off my entries when I return and have a personal record of my travels. Seems like a better idea than dragging around a journal with me. I realise that there are only a few people that will be interested in reading my blog as I go along, but I think it will be nice for those few people to know what I am up to, if I have time and can work out how to then I may be able to share some photos along the way too.
Ciao for now..... six and a half weeks and counting ......... :)
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