It's time for yet another epic adventure for the Wandering Williams. This year has been quiet where trips have been concerned (just a flit to Bali and a couple of boat trips) - so it's time we lived up to our reputation and took off for a longer period of time.
We leave in just over a week for a 4-week sojourn to lands in South East Asia - namely Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.
This time we're "flashpacking" (slightly more upmarket than backpacking!) and are travelling with another family. There will be 11 of us in total as our friends have 5 kids! yep... that's right FIVE! :)
So instead of public buses (and even tuk tuks) we will be travelling in a 10-seater minivan where possible - just makes things slightly easier we think. Tho' we're unsure that the 10-seater vans will fit in 11 people PLUS mountains of luggage!
Our friends' kids range from 7yo - 17yo. Our boys will be glad of the company of the two older boys I'm sure.
Our itinerary:
Fly Perth to Bangkok
Spend 3 days in Bangkok
overnight train trip to Chiang Mai
3 days in Chiang Mai
a mini van trip to Chiang Khong (via Chiang Rai) where we spend one night
Picked up in Chiang Khong and taken to a slow boat in Huay Xai (pronounced Hoc-Say)
The 2 day slow boat trip takes us along the Mekong River over the border into Laos. We hop off the boat in Luang Prabang .
3 days in Luang Prabang.
off again in a mini van to Vang Vieng
2 days in Vang Vieng
off in a mini van to Vientiane.
3 days in Vientiane
fly to Siem Reap in Cambodia
3 days in Siem Reap
local bus to Phnom Penh
3 days in Phnom Penh
head by local bus to Sihanoukville and catch a ferry to an island (Koh Rong Samloem) off the coast of Cambodia for 5 days
Head back to Sihanoukville by ferry and then back to Phnom Penh by bus and fly home (via KL).
So that's the plan folks. We will be meeting friends along the way (in Bangkok, Vientiane and Phnom Penh) which we are very much looking forward to.
We will try to keep you updated (and entertained!) as we go... x
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