AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 23 Feb 2008 | Views [723]
Hey everyone, Sorry it's been a while but we've been on the road for a bit and have only just reached civilisation - Sydney. Some more about the great city in a bit but first... I did make it to Ramsay Street on Monday last week, fulfilling a lifetimes ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 8 Feb 2008 | Views [655]
Yes folks, that is the image we have painted on the side of our 'Wicked' campervan... For those of you not aware of Wicked campervans, they're basically old clapped out vans which are done up to fit a bed and small kitchen in the back and then passed ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 27 Jan 2008 | Views [546] | Comments [2]
Hey folks, We're writing this from Adelaide, the day after Australia Day, having had THE MOST AMAZING three day tour to Ayres Rock. First we'll fill you in on the few days we had left in Western Australia. We didn't end up staying in Freo for the ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Friday, 18 Jan 2008 | Views [355]
Hey everyone, Well we left Albany on Monday after a great Sunday spent snorkelling and boogy boarding.. The gear was loaned to us free of charge by the hostel which was nice.... Carl had a great man sized boogy board and I had a bright red childs 'Clifford ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Saturday, 12 Jan 2008 | Views [804] | Comments [1]
Well, we left Perth on Tuesday having collected our hire car, a Hyundai Accent (an upgrade from the smallest of the small car so we're pleased) and headed south to the Margaret River wine region of Western Australia. It's about 300 km south of Perth ... Read more >
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AUSTRALIA | Monday, 7 Jan 2008 | Views [365]
We've made it to Australia!!! We flew from Singapore on Thurs 3rd Jan and arrived in Perth at 0200 on Friday 4th Jan..... Slept for a few hours in the airport on arrival and then caught a taxi into Central Perth. We'd read about a great hostel called ... Read more >
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SINGAPORE | Wednesday, 2 Jan 2008 | Views [372]
Happy New Year to everyone! So.... since our last post when we were in our amazing resort in Thailand... we left there on Saturday 29th and flew from Ko Samui airport to Bangkok for the night... I don't know if anyone has ever flown from Ko Samui airport ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Wednesday, 26 Dec 2007 | Views [320]
Dear all, Happy Christmas to everyone! I am writing on Christmas Day from our beautiful 5 star resort in Thailand and we've had an amazing Christmas. Well, it's not been the festive xmas that we're used to in England but we've had a pretty special ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 19 Dec 2007 | Views [662]
Hey everyone, well we're currently in Siem Reap, home to the Temples of Angkor. We left Phnom Penh on Friday and travelled to Sihanoukville in the South West of Cambodia. There are some beautiful beaches there so we stayed for 2 days and just swam, ... Read more >
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CAMBODIA | Thursday, 13 Dec 2007 | Views [348]
Vietnam: We visited the Cu Chi tunnels on Sunday. What an incredible place. Both Carl and I attempted the tunnels but I freaked out slightly.. Carl made it to the other end though. They're hot, dark and cramped and pretty incredible given they are ... Read more >
Tags: Saigon to Phnom Penh
VIETNAM | Sunday, 9 Dec 2007 | Views [271]
well.. after our bus ride from hell we decided to take it easy for a few days in Nha Trang... to be honest there wasn't a great deal to do there! Nice beach but the weather was stormy.. Last night we travelled by the reunification express train again ... Read more >
Tags: North to South Vietnam
VIETNAM | Thursday, 6 Dec 2007 | Views [318]
Dear god... we have just survived what can only be described as hell on four wheels! I think animals get looked after better on their way to slaughter! We've just arrived in Nha Trang from Hoi An on the overnight bus. The bus was full to capacity, ... Read more >
Tags: North to South Vietnam
VIETNAM | Wednesday, 5 Dec 2007 | Views [562] | Comments [2]
Dear all in the wet miserable UK!! Vietnam calling! Well, our anniversary turned out to be a huge success. We found a restaurant called Cafe Des Amis/Mr Kims where you get either a set Vegetarian, Meat or Seafood Meal, 5 courses, for about 3 pounds.... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Sunday, 2 Dec 2007 | Views [1434] | Comments [2]
well, where to start...! We arrived in Hanoi on Tuesday and it has to be the most crazy place we have been so far..! The Vietnamese all seem to drive mopeds, by that we mean the elderly, whole families, businesses, they all use mopeds to get around ... Read more >
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VIETNAM | Tuesday, 27 Nov 2007 | Views [387]
Oh my gosh, we have just arrived in Hanoi and it's crazy........ We have never seen so many scooters in our lives! The traffic here is mental and the city is huge. We've just checked in to our guesthouse and there's free internet and free breakfast ... Read more >
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LAOS | Monday, 26 Nov 2007 | Views [351]
well the cookery course was a huge success. Carl is now THE chef of the family and I expect him to make me dinner every night upon our return.. Fat chance!! We had a great time and learnt a lot about Laos food, how to cook it and most importantly ... Read more >
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LAOS | Friday, 23 Nov 2007 | Views [438]
Hey all, Well we've made it safely to Laos.... After a 13 hour overnight bus journey, which was pretty uneventful, we made it to Chiang Kong which is the last town in Thailand before the Laos Border. We headed over the Mekong inot Laos and a palce ... Read more >
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THAILAND | Friday, 16 Nov 2007 | Views [396] | Comments [2]
Hey everyone, Well we've made it to Thailand after a brief trip into mainland China! We left Hong Kong on Wednesday evening and caught the train to Lo Wu which is the last stop before the border... We already had our visa for mainland China so went ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Wednesday, 14 Nov 2007 | Views [465]
A more detailed blog from Hong Kong: We arived late into Hong Kong on Friday night, grabbed a bus to take us to the centre of Kowloon. On the way in we got the impression that this place is pretty huge and very high!. We got off the bus at Tsim Sha ... Read more >
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HONG KONG | Tuesday, 13 Nov 2007 | Views [257]
Just a quick post because we're on a free internet place in a juice bar in Hong Kong! We left Japan on Friday and made it to Hong Kong at 20:00 so went straight to hostel... what a weird place... will post some pictures on Flickr soon but the hostel ... Read more >
Tags: Crazy Hong Kong!
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