Trip: The BIG Trip
There are [199] stories from my trip: The BIG Trip
LAOS | Sunday, 17 Jul 2011 | Views [475]
I'm not sure if the alarm going off at 5am counts as a 'rest day' but in the end it felt like it! We got up early to climb That Phi Si (Luang Prabang's sacred hill) and beat the hordes. It was great - quite cool, hardly anyone around and not much ... Read more >
LAOS | Saturday, 16 Jul 2011 | Views [487]
We are currently in our room...having a late night snack of rice with molasses. Mmmmmmm....tastes a little like caramel popcorn. Today was HOT when it was sunny and nicely cooler while it rained. We got baguette with chicken&salad for breakfast ... Read more >
LAOS | Friday, 15 Jul 2011 | Views [1022]
...except the boat is made of wood, we don't wear lifejackets and the ride lasts 6.5 hours!! We are safe in Luang Prabang (L.P) now - LAOS! Yay for a new country! Got up early, had breaki then into the cars to be dropped at one place for boat ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 14 Jul 2011 | Views [778]
Today Bray was lured up early (before 7am!!) to catch the 'roti lady' for breakfast - the tastiest roti EVER!
We took our roti and computer to the coffee house and charged the laptop while Bray consumed a massive iced mocha and Roni tried a local favourite ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 13 Jul 2011 | Views [444]
Another sunny day in Chiang Mai. Bray was really tired so we had a slow start this morning. Then got mystery Thai baked goods for breakfast - ate at a coffee house that not only had REAL coffee but also earthed plugs! We got to charge the laptop ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 12 Jul 2011 | Views [593] | Comments [1]
Currently we are sitting on the rooftop of our guesthouse with a cold beer as INTENSE thunder and lightning crash around us - VERY cool. This morning we thought this could be the day of the trek that never happened...an 8am pickup was over ... Read more >
THAILAND | Monday, 11 Jul 2011 | Views [414]
We got here safe! Yay! Sleeper train of 16 hours or so... Roni woke up early but Bray slept on until after 10am. Then we watched the scenery (and 'How to Train Your Dragon') until Chiang Mai.... Got to our Guest House - heaps of geckos = Roni ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 10 Jul 2011 | Views [446]
Today was another rest day of sorts...Roni struggled to manage it but Bray is a professional.
At breakfast today there was a baby bird swooping around us then it landed on Roni's head!! She managed to cope with its little claws long enough for ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 9 Jul 2011 | Views [440]
Lighter day for us. But to keep track of it, here it is.... A sleep in, by Roni's standards. YAY! Showered, dressed and breaki done by 9. Good chats with fellow Belgian and Dutch travellers while we muched. As our skin was a lil' tender from the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 8 Jul 2011 | Views [606]
This morning we shared breakfast at our guest house with a cool Canadian called Bryce - great chats. Then we set out to find the floating market...instead we found a palace, museum and Hua Ro Market! By this time it was scorching and so we shelled ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 7 Jul 2011 | Views [458]
Today was epic. Started wandering through Phra Ram Park really early...no one around but us and a MASSIVE water lizard out for a swim! Much excitement and some unco-ordinated video taping by Roni :-P We then set about seeing a fair few Wat...Wat ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 6 Jul 2011 | Views [577] | Comments [1]
A slow start to our morning with breaki @ 8, packing last things and a dip in the pool to cool ourselves off before our journey to Ayutthaya. We get into the minivan and we are the first to be picked up, unsure of who will be joining us on our ... Read more >
THAILAND | Tuesday, 5 Jul 2011 | Views [493]
This is a bit of a combo - Monday and Tuesday in BRIEF... Monday was a LONG day. Up at 4.30am then to Bangkok Noi/Thon Buri station to catch the train to Kanchanaburi. Saw LOTS of different crops - Gug would've been proud! Sugarcane, tapioca, ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [458]
8am - 28 degrees and 97% humidity. Nice. This is an extremely brief update as we have to be out of here by 0530 tomorrow! Election day in Bangkok today and from what we saw polling went smoothly. Today in brief...Vimanmek Mansion (VERY cool!), ... Read more >
THAILAND | Saturday, 2 Jul 2011 | Views [464] | Comments [1]
Bray ate an insect! I know those of you who know him well may doubt this strongly but we have photo evidence of him going back for seconds of grasshopper and trying a frog too.... Today we walked over 30,000 steps (according to the pedometer on ... Read more >
THAILAND | Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Photo Gallery
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THAILAND | Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Views [495] | Comments [2]
Day started with a treat...Full Breakfast @ our guest house.....Good start for all the walking we were going to do. Several things were to be covered today - Grand palace, Vimanmek palace (Dusit) and MBK. That was the plan.... We started walking ... Read more >
THAILAND | Thursday, 30 Jun 2011 | Views [992]
Last night we had a heart-stopping moment...got through immigration all good and waiting by the carousel for our bags.... I asked Bray where the camera was...it wasn't!! Panic stations! Camera still on the plane. Bray ran off immediately into the ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Wednesday, 29 Jun 2011 | Views [668]
We are on our way! In Sydney airport currently making use of some free internet - yay! So far...Brayden's bag has had 2x 'special searching'...a few issues checking through to Bangkok from CHCH and a quick call to our travel agent to sort that out.... Read more >
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