Amaru and Suzanne

Belize it or not, here we are.... We started our morning in New York, caught our first flight at 3.20am, changed planes in San Salvador and finally arrived in Belize City. Here we had two options... Either we took a taxi to the dock and then a water taxi to the island or we just pay a little bit extra and fly for 15min to the island of San Pedro. It didn't take too much to convince Suz to fly, and this way we also got some awesome aerial views of the reef on the way there. When we arrived in San Pedro and found our hotel, it was still a little bit too early to check in so it became beer o'clock (even though it was still breakfast time we had been up for around ... read more

A few months ago when we were planning our trip we told ourselves that we wanted to finish up somewhere where we could relax and do nothing for a few days. Our decision fell on the island of Koh Tao. To get there from Khao Lak we first had to cross to the other side of the country and the best way to do it was to take a local bus to Takuapa and there catch another bus to Surat Thani. The trip from Khao Lak to Surat Thani took us around 4½ hours in total (we had to wait for a while in Takuapa). When we were getting close to Surat the guys on the bus asked us where we were going, we told them to Koh Tao and they then knew where to ... read more

We arrived in Kanchanaburi at noon and the minibus dropped us off on the door step of our chosen accomodation... We checked in at VN Guesthouse and got a decent room with a double bed and fan that was located in a raft bungalow on the river for only 275 baht which is around AUD$9 dollars. We knew we had found a good deal but later on when we found out that the place offered free WiFi we KNEW we had an awesome deal! We strolled around the main area of Kanchanaburi, looking for information on what to see in the area and how to get there. There is a lot to see in the area, the problem is that most of the sights are quite far away from Kanchanaburi town itself. Because of this, ... read more

No, not that City of Angels, we're in "Krung Thep" meaning "City of Angels" and better known as.... Bangkok! And this is just a shortened version of its official Thai name. If we were to translate it all we would end up with: "Great City of Angels, Repository of Divine Germs, Great Land Unconquerable, Grand and Prominent Realm, Royal and Delightful Capital City Full of Nine Noble Gems, Highest Royal Dwelling and Grand Palace, Divine Shelter and Living Place of Reincarnated Spirits". Quite a name for quite a city! To get here we flew from Zagreb to Frankfurt where we boarded the Thai Airways flight that would take us to Bangkok. I was quite excited to get onboard because I had heard so many good things about this airline... Unfortunately, it was all a big ... read more

Arriving in Split was a bit of an anticlimax, we'd had so much fun on the islands in the adriatic sea! But, all good things come to an end... Since Alex and Laura were catching an overnight train to Zagreb that evening they were not going to be out looking for accomodation. Suz, Trina and I managed to find an older lady offering rooms. We followed her for about 10min and were actually shown the best room that we've had so far. Trina even had a TV in her room (but then again, the day we left she was forced to leave so that they could put two people in that room and get more money....not very nice!). Anyway, back to our day in Split.... Suz and I were going to fly out early the ... read more