STOP OFF IN PHITSANULOK
Continuing with the Dice’s suggestion that I head up to Chiang Mai stopping in many towns on the way, I took a train from Lopburi to Phitsanulok, before heading to Sukhothai.
I wasn’t planning much here, just a quick stop…
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TRAVELLING TO LOPBURI
I arrived in Lopburi in the early afternoon, travelling by train in 3rd class, amongst many Thai locals. One thing I realised early on, was that these trains do not run on time! They might set off from Bangkok on time, but…
Having left Bangkok, I headed out on a train to Ayutthaya, the ancient capital of Thailand. The journey took a couple of hours, through the beautiful countryside of Thailand and gave me a chance to experience travel with the…
Bangkok has a reputation of being a town where debauchery and drunken misbehaving go hand in hand. I had this preconception, before arriving and assumed I would only visit for a day or two before packing my bags and heading onward. I’m…
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WHAT DO YOU PACK FOR A BACKPACKING TRIP OF INDEFINITE LENGTH?
This was the question I posed to myself!
The nature of my trip meant that I didn’t know for sure how long I would be away for or where I might end up and I spent a while trying to…
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After spending several days in Bangkok, it was time to think about heading to my next destination. The most obvious options available to me were to head North towards the countryside and hills of Chiang Mai, or to head South to explore the islands…
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GOOD START
Well, an interesting start to the trip!!
My flight was delayed for 2 hours, due to a passenger being taken ill on the inbound flight of the plane I was supposed to board. Having a 2 hour scheduled layover in Moscow before heading to Bangkok meant that I had surely…
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A few days to go until I fly out to Bangkok, but I still haven’t booked anywhere to stay.
Another opportunity for a dice roll methinks!
I researched a number of hostels based in various areas of the city and narrowed it down to…
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For a few months I’d been planning to travel and had got myself geared up for the idea.
I still hadn’t selected a destination though, to start my travels and deliberated on this for some time.
I believed that Southeast Asia was…
Rob Delplanque
London, UK
Hi my name is Rob - welcome to my travel blog site. The premise of this blog is unique & simple. I plan to put my travelling plans primarily into the hands of fate and will use the dice to decide on where I go and how I go about things. Please follow me on my journey and let's see where it leads.....