Carla and Claire
Two girls off to see the world after an intense last year at uni! Starting in Thailand with a few days exploring and elephant trekking amongst other things then up to the Burmese border for 4 weeks to work with orphaned children; generally caring for them, helping build a shelter, teaching English and taking part in research about prevention and how best to help amongst other things. Carla and Claire
After this its down through Thailand, Malaysia and eventually Singapore to fly to Sydney and have Christmas on the beach! And then...who knows!
Travel Blog Posts
November 3rd 2006
Takes ages to upload photos so here is an attempt...not sure how far i'll get...?! No photos of birthday night or Half Moon party which would prob have been horrendous and/or amusing! Didnt trust ourselves to take camera!!!... read more
October 28th 2006
After uncountable hours travelling we have finally made it to a quiet beach on Koh Pag Ngan...when we arrived we were greeted with a flower garland and a coconut complete with straw...mmmm! Journey was long and as our ferry pulled into the island the heavens opened...the 1 h 30 min drive in a pick up truck with our bags attatched to the roof meant that when we did arrive everything was soaked...i knew white trousers were a bad idea and they now have random dye stains from other clothes all over! Chilled out completely in the last couple of ideas...swam in the sea and passed out on the beach. Going for dinner and drinks this eve in the little huts/places that are along the beach (very few to be honest)! Carla met up with Shona and ... read more
October 22nd 2006
Sat in an internet cafe in Bangkok paying the humongous price of 40 baht (about 55p) an hour! Cant complain I guess! This is our fifth day in Bangkok which my most peoples standards is a lifetime, we have found it suprisingly ok and found many ways to amuse ourselves...such as seeing buddahs, buddahs and more buddahs...yep i think were all buddah'd out! Apparently Bangkok is the best place to see all that kind of stuff as once you've done it here there's no need to really do it anywhere else as the main/best(?) ones are here...so thats a relief! Went to the grand palace yesterday which was amazing...all mosaiced over huge huge temples with the tiniest stones and beads...trouble was the heat! was so hot and sticky and our bodies had reverted back to UK ... read more
October 20th 2006
Arrived in Bangkok 3 days ago and were hit by the craziness of the place instantly! Were staying in what by Bangkok standards seems to be a really nice hotel...as in we've had relatively few creature invasions! We've been attempting (and mostly succeeding) in seeing the sights but we do seem to end up being put in Tuk Tuks by random thais with a map and not the so much of an idea where were heading...the people really are v friendly but sometimes its a little bit much!! We seem to spend most of the time laughing about the situations we keep ending up in...but are considering it a learning curve!! The Khao San road is as manic as you'd expect and were plucking up the courage to sample the local cuisine...fried maggotty things and grasshoppers!?! ... read more
3 days to go!
Published: October 14th 2006Europe » United Kingdom » England » Buckinghamshire » BeaconsfieldOctober 14th 2006
3 days to go and we're both manically trying to make sure we have bought and managed to find space for everything we need! How we are going to lift these backpacks I just don't know...everyone says to pack light and we really have tried but I guess it's one of those things that has to be learnt through experience rather than being told! So here is our site...we will try and update often with photos etc etc! Keep in touch and leave messages!! Claire xx... read more
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