SPAIN | Monday, 5 Sep 2011 | Views [485] | Comments [2]
The morning begins with tired eyes and one killer hangover. We met our tour group for La Tomatina yesterday afternoon and as travelers do when they meet for the first time they bond, by bond i mean drink copious ammounts of alcohol including sangrea, ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 5 Sep 2011 | Views [240]
One 2 hour taste of what has been described to me as the best toy ever and Ray is already begging for one for Christmas! Zipping around on a Segway through the cobbled streets of Granada was amazing and if you think it requires no effort then you are ... Read more >
SPAIN | Monday, 29 Aug 2011 | Views [406] | Comments [1]
Spain: AMAZING! So we made it from cold London to beautifully hot and sunny Spain, and have been loving every minute since. We flew into Madrid and jumped on the Metro, with no English intepretation we were starting to think we wouldnt make it! And ... Read more >
SPAIN | Thursday, 25 Aug 2011 | Views [465] | Comments [1]
London has proved to be an on the clock off the clock affair when it comes to weather, one day it´s sunny the next it´s vital you have your umbrella. Now picture London with a significant amount of people roaming the streets (plus it´s school holidays) ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 20 Aug 2011 | Views [236]
Firstly we would just like to say just how boring a 10 hour stop over in Doha International Airport is... Ray managed to read a whole book and we had some sneaky food during Ramadan. We jumped in the plane excited to start our journey to Europe, the ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011 | Views [331] | Comments [1]
Where were we.... we have travelled from Ho Chi Minh (#1) to Hue. Hue: There is not much to say about this little stop off on our way to Hanoi, then again we didnt spend much time there other than checking out the demilitirized zone, just to add to ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 7 Aug 2011 | Views [290]
So we arived in Nha Trang, a little town on the coast of Vietnam, truely beautiful with a beach that was as far as the eye could see, over the cove was an island called Vinpearl Land. Vinpearl Land is Vietnams Version of WonderLand. Our first day was ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Sunday, 7 Aug 2011 | Views [464] | Comments [2]
So we left Saigon or Ho Chi Minh depending on who you spoke to and headed for Dalat. We arrived and soon realised that they werent lying when they said this was the rebel city! It was cold! Not just a cool summer breeze but shivering, jumper requiring ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011 | Views [430]
We arrived safely in Saigon aka Ho Chi Minh city and soon found that the taxi drivers are absolute cocks with one taking us for a 25 minute tour of the city when all we needed was to go around 3 corners and we would have been where we wanted to go, but ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011 | Views [474]
If there is one thing that can get you stranded, whether because its been stolen, misplaced or you simply read the validity date wrong its your visa to a foreign country! But since its been a while since the last update we will have to leave that story ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 17 Jul 2011 | Views [438] | Comments [1]
So after leaving Stung Treng we headed for Siem Reap, where we met up with the gang again for the last night together in SE Asia :( We wont seem our English friends till we get there late September. Siem Reap was the first place in what seemed like forever ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 17 Jul 2011 | Views [358]
So after an acumulative 90+ hours on our trip so far we have learnt a few things about buses. We have been in minivans, VIP buses, local buses - where everyone stares, buses without toilets, buses with karaoke, bus with excessive air con and buses with ... Read more >
LAOS | Saturday, 9 Jul 2011 | Views [761] | Comments [3]
So we are now in Vientiane the capital of Laos (i don't know why they spell it with the "S" it pronounced Lao) one of the most unimpressive Cities i think i have been to yet baring Phonsavan, Phonsavan had about three streets and 90% of the ... Read more >
LAOS | Thursday, 7 Jul 2011 | Views [650] | Comments [3]
We apologise that it has been a while since we last updated you of our travels but internet seems few and far between. We enjoyed our last night in Luang Prabang and bestowed a beautiful gift to Sophie for her 21st birthday - Cobra Whiskey. Essentially ... Read more >
LAOS | Sunday, 3 Jul 2011 | Views [332]
8 apparently! So there we were enjoying the scenic trip to Pak Ou caves when our accompaying tuk-tuk filled with all our travel buddies got bogged and slowly started tipping into the Mekong! Thats the beauty of wet season though - the mud! Ray did a ... Read more >
LAOS | Friday, 1 Jul 2011 | Views [464] | Comments [2]
So we made it to Chiang Mai safe and sound, sat around in the airport for a while and then jumped on a bus to start the journey to the Laos border... The bus ride was rather uneventful, although the roads the further we got out became more and more ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 29 Jun 2011 | Views [420] | Comments [3]
More on the earl grey/coffee concoction later... So after a slightly tearful farewell or as we like to call it a see you later, we made it safely to melbourne to enjoy the last of the luxury for some time. We then headed off to Bangkok and we were both ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Monday, 27 Jun 2011 | Views [332]
So it's official! Less than 5 hours till we jump on the plane, provided that the airline runs on time - not it's greatest reputation! Everything is packed and now we can only hope that we haven't left anything behind. Last night seemed like the night ... Read more >
AUSTRALIA | Tuesday, 31 May 2011 | Views [316]
It has been years of planning, but it is finally at the point where there are less then 30 days till our (hopefully) epic and highly memorable adventure! It is an odd sensation packing our lives up again to store away in a shed and knowing that it ... Read more >
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