Southeast Asia 2024

January - April 2024

5/6 months of travel around Southeast Asia - visiting Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, Bali and maybe more Read more

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- Jan 10, 2024, 9:00pm
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 326 m
- Thailand Chiang Mai Province Ban Fa Mui 18.8514, 99.041218°51’5” N 99°2’28” E
Day 2–4
Phuket
January 10 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Arrived in Phuket at around 9pm to check into my hotel on Jan 10th.
I woke up on Jan 11th to start my trip (after a bad night of jetlag)
Had breakfast in the coffee club (i was starving from my day travelling)
Lunch consisted of (the first of many) 7-eleven cheese toastie.
I explored Kata town, and lay around the beach for a while.
I had dinner at Sugar and Spice restaurant.
I Stayed one more night before leaving for Koh Lanta on January 12thRead more
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- Jan 12, 2024, 2:30pm
- ☀️ 31 °C
- Altitude: 326 m
- Thailand Chiang Mai Province Ban Fa Mui 18.8514, 99.041218°51’5” N 99°2’28” E
Day 4–6
Koh Lanta
January 12 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
I got an early morning pick up from Phuket to make my way to Koh Lanta.
After a taxi journey and two ferries I arrived on Koh Lanta island that afternoon.
I stayed at Blanco Hostel - which was beautiful and right by the beach.
Once checked in i rushed to get food, as I made a rookie mistake and didnt bring snacks for my journey.
I had pad thai at Papaya restaurant
I watched the sunset at a beach bar 5 minutes from the hostel.
January 13th
Woke and went to get a coffee and croissant at a coffee shop along the beach.
Met a friend and went to koh lanta old town for a few hours to explore.
Chilled in the hostel that evening with other travellers
January 14th - made my way to Koh SamuiRead more
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- Jan 14, 2024, 5:30pm
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Thailand Changwat Nakhon Si Thammarat Bo Put Ko Na Thian 9.53078, 100.0648699°31’51” N 100°3’54” E
Day 6–9
Koh Samui
January 14 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Jan 14th
Arrived to Koh samui at approx 5.30
- 2 long minibuses - one to krabi, then onto surathani
- 1 ferry from surathani to koh samui
- a taxi from koh samui port to my hostel
Checked into my hostel Lub D - really lovely
Went for dinner at a place called Pad Thai
Went out with my dorm mates - ended up in green mango.
January 15th
I walked around the town and went to the shopping centre.
Came back to take a dip in the sea (the hostel opens out to the beach)
Had some lunch at the hostel cafe
Met a girl from London with one of the guys in my dorm
Went for dinner that night with a few (back to Pad Thai)
January 16th
Had breakfast at a place called The best restaurant and bakery
Booked onto a tour that afternoon through the hostel
Went snorkelling at Koh Tan and went to pig island (Koh Matsum)
Met two scottish girls and spent the tour with them
January 17th
Made my way to Koh TaoRead more
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- Jan 17, 2024, 2:00pm
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Thailand Changwat Surat Thani Ban Hat Sai Ri Ao Hat Sai Ri 10.096105, 99.82772910°5’46” N 99°49’40” E
Day 9–17
Koh Tao
January 17 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Koh Tao - one of my favourite places.
January 17th - January 25th
Met amazing people, and had amazing experiences.
Stayed at Wonderland Jungle hostel, Savage hostel and save house hostel.
Ate at lovely places - La carotte qui rit, bingos (amazing tofu dish), blue chair, the factory coffee, Sairee resort restaurant, blue water cafe and restaurant, Mama Tam, Mama Piyawans.
Done some sunrise yoga at an amazing viewpoint
Went on a snorkel tour, stopping at 5 different snorkel sites.
Got my open water dive certificate at Sairee cottage dive resort - had the best time with the best people
Played some beer pong, drank lots of Thai beer, and cocktailsRead more
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- Jan 25, 2024, 11:58pm
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- Thailand Changwat Nonthaburi Bang Kruai Khlong Bang Bamru 13.802478, 100.48391413°48’9” N 100°29’2” E
Day 17–18
Bangkok
January 25 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Arrived in Bangkok in the middle of the night.
Stayed at Tales Khoasan for a few hours before my flight to Chiang Mai
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- Jan 26, 2024, 2:00pm
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: 304 m
- Thailand Chiang Mai Province Sri Phum Mae Ram Orchid & Butterfly Farm 18.808436, 98.99233918°48’30” N 98°59’32” E
Day 18–22
Chiang Mai
January 26 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Arrived at the hostel (Entaneer Poshtel) at around 2pm ready for check in.
Luckily the airport was only 10 minute drive from the hostel!
Super nice hostel, with huge comfy beds, free breakfast and a nice social space!
Activities:
- Explored some temples - Wat Phra That Doi Suthep and Wat Pha Lat
- Went to numerous night markets - standard nightly ones, and the big ones on a Saturday and Sunday night.
- Got a much needed massage
- Explored the old town
- Done a cooking class at Mama Nois - a lot of fun
- played some uno
Places I ate:
- some market food
- See you soon Cafe
- Coconut shell thai food
- Aum Vegertarian restaurant
Met some new friends - Anna, jaya and Emily
My friend Malu was also in Chiang Mai - so I hung out with her too.Read more
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- Jan 30, 2024, 2:08pm
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 522 m
- Thailand Chiang Mai Province Pai 19.358484, 98.44042119°21’31” N 98°26’26” E
Day 22–25
Pai
January 30 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
My second favourite place in Thailand - reminded me of Koh Tao
Arrived in Pai on the 30th January with Emily and Jaya - we opted for a private taxi over the dreaded minibus ( lots of windy roads)
Stayed at Common Grounds hostel
Activities:
- 2 group tours to include (waterfalls, pai canyon, i love coffee cafe, Nam Lod cave)
- Nam lod cave was amazing, would recommend it to anyone!!
- Met some Irish people who brought us to the hot springs on their scooters 🛵
- Explored Pai town and the river running through it.
Where I ate:
- market food
- OM cafe
- Na's kitchen (amazing)
- Pai Siam bar and bistro
- Lemon and thyme cafe
Nice bars along the street to explore at night with a good atmosphereRead more
Traveler This place looks so chill and amazing 😍
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- Feb 2, 2024, 9:30pm
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 308 m
- Thailand Chiang Mai Province Sri Phum Mae Ram Orchid & Butterfly Farm 18.797678, 98.99139618°47’52” N 98°59’29” E
Day 25–27
Chiang Mai
February 2 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Came back to Chiang Mai for a quick layover before heading onto my second country Laos!
Myself and Jaya opted for the minibus back from Pai this time, which was very bumpy but managed the motion sickness!
Stayed at J's cafe and Poshtel in a private room!
I coincidentally ended up here for the Chiang Mai flower festival which was a nice experience - i went to some parades, i explored the park with the flower garden show, i watched a water fountain music show.
On Sunday, I prepared for a long day of travel to Laos 🇱🇦Read more
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- Feb 4, 2024, 8:15am
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 320 m
- Thailand Changwat Chiang Rai Chiang Khong 20.266422, 100.40704920°15’59” N 100°24’25” E
Day 27–28
Thailand - Laos crossing
February 4 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
On Sunday 4th was the start of my overland crossing from Thailand into Laos 🇱🇦
I got picked up at around 8.15am, where a minibus took us from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai where we stopped for lunch/to look at the white temple. As we only had 40 minutes I opted for my lunch and then just a quick look outside the temple!!
We then left Chiang Rai and went to the Thai - Laos border crossing (Friendship bridge).
The process was smooth - we had to fill out a visa form, attach a photo of ourselves and pay $40. I met two really nice Irish people during this process :)
Once across the border (by foot), I then got into a very very crowded tuk tuk 🛺 which brought me to a bus station.
I met my friend Emily (thank god), as the bus had very small double beds.. which we had to share! After the tourists got on, they then proceeded to pile a lot of locals on who had to sit in the aisles!! We also got handed plastic bags before getting on the bus (which confused us), but we then realised they were for our shoes!!
We left around 6.30 pm - with many many stops along the way (searches by police along the way as well as stops to let locals off), we arrived in Luang Prabang Laos at around 6am on Monday 5th February.Read more
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- Feb 5, 2024, 6:00am
- 🌙 13 °C
- Altitude: 294 m
- Laos Luang Prabang Province Ban Phasak Houay Sangta 19.884081, 102.13807819°53’3” N 102°8’17” E
Day 28–31
Luang prabang, Laos
February 5 in Laos ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
The night bus was a bumpy ride. We arrived at around 6am on Feb 5th, 20 minutes outside of the town!!! So we had to pay for a tuk tuk, who wouldn't even drop to hostels, so had a further 15 min walk!!
I stayed at Funny riverside hostel.
It had an amazing view of the river from the decking, such a lovely setting.
Activities:
- Kuang Si waterfalls (really beautiful) - the journey there consisted of a driver who took double the time as he kept stopping/slowing down to answer his phone!!!
- Pub crawl that ended in an infamous bowling alley and very weird nightclub!!
- Sunset river cruise
- Walking around and exploring the town
- Night markets
Ate at:
- Zurich cafe
- Joma bakery
- La silapa Italian and Lao restaurant
- Night markets
I left on Thursday 8th with Emily and a guy called Will, to go to Vang Viang on the Chinese bullet train!! - we ended up spending 4 hours at the train station due to the hostel booking us onto the incorrect train :(
A very strict train station , which required us to go through security when entering, and getting rid of any aerosols!!Read more
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