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    Thailand - day 3

    June 26, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

    Today was sooo much fun!! We woke up and rented bikes straight away!! Spent the morning driving out of Chiang Mai to a beautiful national park called Mae Sai!! We bought a picnic lunch and had it by the water before going in the waterfall. It was incredible, i sat underneath it for so long an then explored behind it - was so much fun! After this we hiked to the top of the falls! We headed back on our bikes which was so fun and then headed to the night market again for more local food - the food is so good and cheap so we love it! After this we wandered the markets and Olivia got this huge ice cream before heading back to our hostel! We did the bodega bar crawl this night which was sooo much fun around the different bars of Chiang Mai! Met loads of fun people and didn’t end up getting home til 5.30am. The night was of course finished with the famous 7/11 ham and cheese toasties that are 40p and everyone eats after a night out! Such a good day/night!!Read more

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    Thailand - day 2

    June 25, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    Today we woke up on our night bus rather knackered at about 6am! dropped our bags at our new hostel Bodega party hostel and then headed for some breakfast which was so yum! After this mils and I went to the local hospital to get Millie’s stitches out finally - so happy. The nurse was so sweet and the cut looked all good :) after this we headed to a pool where we all sunbathed together catching up on each others lives! In the evening we headed to the night market for some delicious street food and some shopping!Read more

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    Thailand - day 1

    June 24, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Today we woke up and shared a tuktuk to the airport with the Aussie boys in our room who happened to be on our flight with us! We all checked in and then got on our flight to Bangkok!! After a short flight we got on a bus to the Khao SAN Road where we surprised our friends Liv and Liv at their hostel! Was soooo exciting to be reunited after 4 months!! Sat and chatted before heading to our night bus to Chiang Mai - we had front seats upstairs aka best seats in the house hehe!Read more

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    Laos - day 10

    June 23, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 35 °C

    Today we woke up bright and early and had free breakfast at the hostel! Headed back to the swimming pool and spent the day chilling out here - definitely needed after our crazy time in Vang Vieng! We then had some yummy local food again before heading to the biggest night market ever with some Australian boys from our room! Was so cool and mils bought some new socks lolRead more

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    Laos - day 9

    June 22, 2019 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C

    Woke up very early and got the bus to Vientiane! Said bye to our bestie Lauren at the airport which was so so sad and checked into our new (very very basic) hostel dream home hostel! It was ran by the nicest people ever! Saw a beaut temple and then walked for some lunch and ended up spending the whole time helping a local with his English which was actually so cute! It was BOILING in the city so we headed to Vientiane public swimming pool which was actually super nice and filled with locals! Spent the afternoon chilling and swimming here before having some delicious local food for dinner!Read more

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    Laos - day 8

    June 21, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    Today we woke up and mils lauren and I headed of course for a sandwich for brunch - we have become obsessed with the tuna baguettes!! Sat here chatting for a while and then headed back to the hostel as it was BOILING! Spent the day sunbathing at the pool and hanging out w all our friends from tubing yesterday! Everyone had the best day was just so much fun! At about 4 mils and I headed back to the hospital to get her dressing changed on her knee - all looked good! After this we got a tuktuk, Lauren mils me and 2 boys from our room to the Nam Xay Viewpoint. Although it was a PROPER trek we were sweating so much the view was honestly incredible - one of the best we’ve seen so far! Came back and had our final dinner all together - our last supper :(Read more

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    Laos - day 7

    June 20, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    Today was our FAVOURITE day of the whole trip - was so so much fun we wanna do it all over again! Woke up and had breakfast before being picked up at about midday to go tubing!’ There was a group of like 40 of us so it was sooo good. Got in the tubes at the top of the river and mils got in a boat alongside us! We floated down the river to the first bar, here we played loads of drinking games, jumped off this scary platform and met soo many new people! After a few hours we headed down to the next bar which was so so good. We zip lined across the river and jumped in, drank lots of Lao beeer and danced so much - honestly was the funnest thing ever. At about 7pm we headed back to our hostel and got ready to go out but never actually made it out lol!Read more

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    Laos - day 6

    June 19, 2019 in Laos ⋅ 🌧 27 °C

    After our fab night out last night we were very hungover and didn’t make it out of bed til 11 lol. This is when we found the BEST restaurant in Vang Vieng - huge tuna baguettes for £1 and smoothies for 50p the perfect hangover cure!!!! Mils lauren and I Headed here and had the best lunch ever :) after this we chilled by the pool and then back into our PJs for an early night lolRead more

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    Laos - day 5

    June 18, 2019 in Laos ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    Today we woke up and had our final incredible breakfast pancake at this amazing hostel! We are gonna miss it so much - it is run by the kindest Laos family, the couple have the cutest children ever who come and play on the terrace with everyone - then grandma comes and collects them if they’re too naughty it’s so funny! Mils Lauren and I Got the bus to Vang Vieng - it was actually down the scariest mountain roads in fog but we eventually arrived at about 2! This is when we had a minor disaster, we were walking to our hostel and mils tripped down the kerb splitting her knee open - luckily a lovely Laos woman gave us a lift to hospital where millie got 3 stitches! We then went and checked into our hostel Nanas and caught up w Liv Ryan Matt and Jacob from Luang Prabang! The hostel had free drinks 7-9 so had these all together and caught up! Went out this night in vang vieng to Sakura bar and underground and it was SO much fun :)Read more

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    Laos - day 4

    June 17, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Today was AMAZING! We woke up at 8 and headed to big brother mouse where we were getting the bus from to the Little sister mouse school. 4 of us headed out of town with an American man who had founded the school alongside 2 laos university teaching students! The school was amazing and the children even more incredible. We started off learning about the school and chatting with some young adults helping them practise their English! After this we went and taught 3 pre-school classes one after eachother and it was the CUTEST thing ever. Started off doing headshouldersnkneesandtoes with me stood in the middle of 30 laos 3 year olds was sooo cute! We then taught each class some English including animals and colours was amazing. After this we headed back to help the young adults with their English before having a yummy laos local lunch with all the students! After lunch we had a 10 minute lesson in Laos - it’s the most confusing language ever - if 1 word is said at 3 different pitches it can have 3 different meanings! We also learnt some laos sign language! After this we headed up to the primary school and taught 4 different groups of children with varying English ability description and tenses - was so cute! At the end of the day we danced to music with the children and then played maths games with the young adults. Finished the day playing a world map game with the young adults where you look at a picture and guess what country it is from - it’s so fun and their world map knowledge was actually incredible! Honestly the best day ever - reminded me of India and made me miss it so much! (I Have an amazing video of all the children dancing but can’t seem to upload it here so will show you when I’m home! )Read more

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    Laos - day 3

    June 16, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Today we said goodbye to Liv, Ryan, Matt and Jacob which was really sad but were hoping to see them in Vang Vieng! Spent the morning sunbathing by the pool and then mils Lauren and I headed for some lunch! After this we had a nap and headed up Mount Phousi at about 4.30! It was sooo sweaty but the view from the top was so worth it! It was beautiful, and the sunset over Luang Prabang was amazing. Whilst we were up here some boys came over and asked if we would practise English with them so of course we said yes, after chatting for an hour or so they told us about a school we could visit and volunteer at so we decided we would do this the next day!! So excited. We then headed for some dinner together and then went to bed ahead of an early morning tomorrow!Read more

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    Laos - day 2

    June 15, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Today we woke up and had breakfast all together, as we sat at breakfast it started raining so we ended up sitting here for 3 hours just chatting which was soo nice! We all headed for lunch at this cafe called coconut which was local Laos food and was so so nice! After Millie and I went to explore the town Luang Prabang which is sooo cute! we then chilled at the hostel and swam in the pool. Mils, Liv and I spent 2 hours just talking in the pool and sunbathing! Had showers and then we all headed to the night market. Had the most incredible street food ever, you basically get given these huge bowls and you can fill them up with ANYTHING and they’ll heat it up for you all for £1.50!! After this we mooched the markets before heading to a very popular local drinking spot! Us 8 were the only westerners here but it was so busy with locals and had live music! Had some beers and chatted here til about midnight! After this we all headed to the bowling alley and the boys challenged two local boys who worked at the alley to a game of bowling which was so funny! Stayed til after 3 hanging out with these local boys and with the others and then headed back to the hostel. We then all sat on the terrace until 4.30 - v late night!Read more

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    Laos - day 1

    June 14, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Today we woke up and had breakfast with all our friends on the terrace overlooking the Mekong Delta! At 1130 we all headed to the Kuang Si falls which were incredible! Did a boiling hot trek up to the top which the boys made us all do and we were DYING! Came down and swam in the pools which were amazing - the water was SO blue! Chatted and chilled in the pools and jumped in - so much fun. At about 3 we headed back to the hostel where we chilled for the evening! Got ready and had drinks at the hostel all together before all heading to a bowling alley til 3 am! All bars shut at midnight and the only thing open after is this bowling alley - it is so weird but soo fun! Drunk bowling is quite an experience HahahahaRead more

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    Cambodia - day 9

    June 13, 2019 in Laos ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    After going to bed at 3, we had to be up at 4 for Angkor Wat! Headed onto our bus and drove to Angkor Wat for sunrise. It was absolutely beautiful and the sunrise was amazing. We then walked around with our amazing guide hearing all about the history and he explained what each part meant. Got blessed by monks and we took some panoramas where we got in the photo 3 times. After this we had some breakfast and headed to the next place, Angkor Thom temple - this was my favourite with all the hidden faces! After this we went to Ta Prohm where the trees have grown through all the stone which was incredible. We had the funnest group of people aswell so had such a good day - the hostel manager came with us and we had to wear the funky flash packers T-shirt’s as they took promo pics for the hostels Angkor wat trip - was actually really fun! We then headed back to the hostel at about midday after an amazing morning. Packed our bags and checked out! Said bye to the Mui Ne boys and headed to the airport to catch our flight to Luang Prabang - Laos! This was the funniest thing ever - there were 4 passengers on our WHOLE flight! We could sit anywhere and instead of making the announcement ‘flight VA303 ready for boarding’, they announced each of our names like ‘Carly Munn please come to gate 4 for boarding’ was Hilarious - we had a member of cabin crew each!! Got a tuktuk to our hostel Sunrise Riverside which was so cute and met up with Lauren our bestie from Australia who we are gonna try to Laos with! (So random we had the same dates!) met her friends Liv, Matt, ryan and Jacob from Thailand and spent the evening all chatting! Mils and I had an early night after our 45 mins sleep last night!Read more

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    Cambodia - day 8

    June 12, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Today we woke up on our night bus both dying of heat and claustrophobia LOL. We arrived in Siem Reap at about 8.30am and headed to our new hotel Funky Flashpacker. We hadn’t actually booked anything but managed to get a room (shows how relaxed we have got about booking stuff hahah). We then put pretty much our whole bags in for washing and spent the day writing our diaries and chatting with all the Mui Ne boys. Had a yummy lunch and then got ready for the pool party! Was actually really funny and we hung out with our friends from the night bus the night before! Met some girls - one of which had done 1st term uni at Durham and knew Sash before dropping out! We then had the best night ever with Mui Ne boys at the hostel - one our favourite nights out of travelling!Read more

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    Cambodia - day 7

    June 11, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    Today we woke up and said bye to our friends from twickenham which was sad! We spent the morning hanging out with our friends Rosie and Nel who were in our room and Maria! At 11.30 we had to leave this paradise - we were so sad it had been the funnest 3 days everrrrr!! Got the ferry back to Sihnoukville where had our first proper meal in 3 days - was divine! At 6.30 we got picked up for our night bus to Siem Reap. It was absolutely COMICAL - mils and I had been told we were getting a hotel bus with double beds. No joke my claustrophobia took over when I saw this bed, we were like sardines in a single bed together and the ceiling was about 10cm from our heads when we were lying down. We met the funniest group of people on this bus though and luckily this made it slightly bearable haha!!Read more

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    Cambodia - day 6

    June 10, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

    Today we woke up equally as hungover but the weather was INCREDIBLE so mils and I and all the Mui ne boys went to sit in the sea to soak out the alcohol - ended up sitting here for an hour just chatting! After this we had to say goodbye to them and our friends from Koh Rong which was soo sad :( our friend Maria from Australia then arrived which was so exciting and we met her friends who had actually just been in Laos with Liz and Daria (random!) spent the day and night with them sunbathing, chatting, swimming and chilling! (We didn’t take many pics - there had been no signal on Koh Rong or Koh Rong samloem so we basically didn’t use our phones for a week - hence very few pics! )Read more

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    Cambodia - day 5

    June 9, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌧 30 °C

    Today we woke up rather hungover and headed for breakfast in the main shack hangout area with all our friends! We needed up sitting at breakfast for ages and then headed down to the beach to sunbathe - weather was actually good! Mils and I went to these hammocks in the sea to sunbathe and ended up bumping into Sarah a friend of ours from noosa Australia! In the afternoon it starting raining so a group of us went in the sea and ended up sitting in here for 2 hours just chatting - we were so pruney by the time we got out! Was so much fun though - have met the best people here! Had dinner and then had the most fun night ever - probably mine and Millie’s favourite night travelling. We all had a big pre, bumped into our friends from Mui Ne and then had the best night all together and with all our friends from here! Ended again with us in the sea at 3am with the plankton - we were in awe of how amazing it was!Read more

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    Our new homes!All huddled on our ferry

    Cambodia - day 4

    June 8, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C

    Today we woke up and it was sooo sunny! Had breakfast and then sunbathed on the beach just outside our hostel - it was boiling! At about 12 we headed over to the ferry port and caught the ferry to Koh Rong Sanloem. This journey was hilarious it was absolutely POURING with torrential rain and there was a group of 20 of us just getting absolutely soaked. Met 3 really nice girls from Twickenham and a group of boys from Kent and we all turned up absolutely soaked - was hilarious. Checked into PARADISE For the next 3 nights - we stayed at mad monkey a private deserted island area of Koh Rong Sanloem with the funnest hostel on it ever. Checked into our beach huts our beds for the next 3 nights lol! Headed to the main area and sat and chatted aallll evening to loads of different people and then met up with our friends from Koh Rong! Was so fun to be back together. Had the funnest night ever with amazing people and it all ended with us in the sea at 3am swimming with the most INCREDIBLE bio-luminescent plankton - incredible first day here.Read more

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    Cambodia - day 3

    June 7, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ 🌧 30 °C

    Today we woke up and the weather wasn’t too good! Spent the morning sitting in a cute beach hut on the beach writing our diaries which was so nice! It soon cleared up and we did a beach workout (first in forever) and then had a swim in the sea which was so nice! We then decided to head into Koh Rong village! Walked through the jungle path to the other side of the island at sunset and it was beautiful! Had dinner on the beach was delicious and then spent the evening chilling here chatting! When it was dark we headed back along the beach back to our hostel!Read more

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    Cambodia - day 2

    June 6, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Today we had to get up at about 8 to catch our bus down to Sihanoukville. It took us AGES about 8 hours in a very uncomfy bus but we were with a really nice girl from Leeds to chatted the whole way! Eventually we arrived and this definitely isn’t the nicest place haha. We waited for a ferry boat and boarded at about 4pm to an island called Koh Rong. Arrived and it was BEAUTIFUL!!! Had to walk along the whitest beaches ever to our hostel called the nest. It was very Beachy and chilled! Checked into our room and then had dinner with a girl called Charlotte who we just met at the bar! Bumped into our friend Tilly from Byron Bay Australia which was so random! Spent the evening chatting to Charlotte and she introduced us to her friends Elliot and Caitlin who were super nice. Spent the evening chatting and chilling at the bar! IRead more

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    Hungover in the taxi LOL

    Cambodia - day 1

    June 5, 2019 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C

    After a very little 45 minutes sleep, we woke up and got in a taxi to the airport - fair to say we haven’t felt this bad the whole of travelling LOL. arrived at the airport and after paying an extortionate fee to put our bags on the flight we had some well needed breakfast! Millie didn’t even remember leaving the hostel And getting in the taxi that morning hahahah. Landed in Phnom Penh at about midday and got in a tuktuk to our hostel mad monkey! Sunbathed and met some really nice girls who we chatted to for a few hours and then got ready to go out. Bumped into our friend from the clipper in Australia and the big group of English boys from Mui Ne which was so fun! Mils and I then went to rent our own tuktuk driver for the day - he took us to both the S21 museum and killing fields and they were both incredible. Very hard hitting and the audio guides were amazing. After this we headed back fo the hostel and had dinner with some boys we met at the bar. Ended up falling asleep at about 7pm after our no sleep last night!Read more

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    Vietnam - day 21

    June 4, 2019 in Vietnam ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C

    Woke up and had free breakfast on the rooftop before heading off for the day to explore Ho Chi Minh! Started at the war remenants museum which was incredible - so interesting and hard hitting especially the stuff about agent orange. We then explored the city before sitting in a cute Vietnamese cafe for a banh mi whilst we wrote our diaries! In the evening we headed to amazing night markets and did some shopping - it was so cheap! We got back to the hostel and got ready as we were going on a club crawl. Was honestly one of the funnest nights out of our whole travelling - some boys we knew from Hue were there and the whole group we were with were just so so fun! Ended up getting back at 4.30am - we had to be up for our flight the next day at 5.30am LOL!Read more

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    Vietnam - day 20

    June 3, 2019 in Vietnam ⋅ ☁️ 33 °C

    We woke up today and had our final breakfast with Connie which was so sad! Sunbathed together and chatted and then ended up bumping into a girl from Reigate who was staying in our hostel - so random! At about 1pm we caught the bus to Ho Chi Minh, mils had forgotten her towel so I ran back to get it meaning I was sweating so much when we boarded the bus - I then got put in the bottom row in the back of the bus next to 5 local Vietnamese - deffo wasn’t my comfiest bus ride! We soon arrived in Ho Chi Minh and checked into our hostel the hideout. Had delicious tuna banh mi for dinner and then had beers and drinks on our hostel rooftop. Met the nicest pope and even bumped into s girl as she was leaving who knew my friend Mo from Aviva! We went out to a hilarious club called Miss Saigon with about 30 people from the hostel which was so fun! Came back and FaceTimed mumzy to say happy birthday! As we were going to bed we randomly bumped into a group of boys who had made friends with Liz and Daria whilst travelling and happened to be in the hostel room next door to us here!Read more

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    Vietnam - day 19

    June 2, 2019 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 28 °C

    Today was SUCH a good day!! Woke up and had breakfast with verity as she was leaving at lunchtime. We then met up with our friend Connie from Hoi An and spent the day sunbathing and chilling with her around the pool! At 1.30 Connie mils and I got picked up in a jeep and headed on a tour of Mui Ne. We went to the fairy streams, a local fishing market and then the white and red sand dunes - both which were so beaut! Came back and had dinner all together with some beers. Had a movie night us 3 and ended up chatting to these 6 English boys who just arrived in our room all night!Read more

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