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By Christine and Terry
November 15th 2008
Laos Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane
Hello from Laos
Hello from Laos
The Kuang Xi Waterfalls just outside of Luang Prabang. A good place for an afterrnoon as you get to swim in three natural pools and there are some bears to admire on the way in. Sadly, the tiger i... [more]
So here we are about to leave Australia for the third time and tomorrow set off to Quito, getting ready to learn Spanish and how to sway hips to those amazing rhythms. Many thanks to everyone for your comments and updates from home, which are all so well received. Laos We left home seventeen months ago but in our blog we’re still back in November and deep in Asia and at last about to get on a boat to Luang Prabang. Travelling by boat beats the bus any time. Slow Boat down the Mekong River The boat trip takes two days, [View Full Entry]

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2118 Words | 5 Comment(s) | 15 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 29th 2009 | 104 Views | [diary=421728]

On a Slow Boat Down Mekong River
Laos On Slow Boat Down Mekong
On Slow Boat Down Mekong

Railay Beach
Railay Beach
The only way to reach Railay Beach is by boat, which simply adds to its charm
Hello again and we’ve finally got back to the blog. Thanks to everyone kind enough to say that they’re missing our blogs it’s nice to be nagged. I lost heart a bit as we write the blog to enjoy everyone’s email feedback and comments but that was a little sparse on our last blog. Thanks to those who did comment and to those who didn’t ... why not? (Come on don’t be shy). Now, we’re thinking back on our time in Thailand and if you want to hear about Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and the Antipodes let us know! We [View Full Entry]

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2959 Words | 12 Comment(s) | 20 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: June 15th 2009 | 195 Views | [diary=408348]

Railay Beach: Long Tail Boats
Railay Beach: Football Competition
Railay Beach: Sun and Sea Resort

By Christine and Terry
September 30th 2008
Malaysia Asia » Malaysia » Penang » George Town
Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia is an interesting place it’s a federation of 13 states that only came into existence as a unified state in about 1963 but has aspirations to be a first world economy by 2012. It has its own ... [more]
Malaysia We’ve just had an excellent couple of weeks in Melbourne, being wonderfully cared for by Jenny and Neil (Byrne). Its hard to believe but Jenny has been in Aus for almost two years (but happily, as yet, she doesn’t sound like Kylie). She and Neil have set up a lovely home in Melbourne’s suburbs, I won’t mention that she has a swimming pool as we hear that’s its been a bit cold at home (!) Melbourne, however, was having a heat wave and after three days of 43C or 45C we were glad to scoot over to new Zealand. [View Full Entry]

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1236 Words | 4 Comment(s) | 14 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: February 16th 2009 | 203 Views | [diary=352029]

Kuching - Memorial to Charles Brooke
Semengghoh Orang-Utan Rehabilitation Centre
Semengghoh Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre

Portable Christmas
Portable Christmas
Look hard. Yes it is a fully trimmed tree driving a motor bike. Or maybe there's actually two saigonese somewhere underneth there?
So this is by way of an "Extra Ordinary Blog" or more a note to wish everyone a heartfelt Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Hopefully, you were able to open the video; its slightly longer than initially planned but then it had an amateur camera man as well as amateur actors ( and no the Santa isn't Fiona in drag - but maybe there is a passing resemblance? Ho Ho Ho) And how strange is it to be sending Christmas messages from a palm fringed beach; would you believe that Dean Martin is crooning Let-it-Snow in the background. But then [View Full Entry]

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497 Words | 10 Comment(s) | 2 Photo(s) | 2 Video(s)
Published: December 13th 2008 | 199 Views | [diary=353509]

Who's this Santa chap Anyway?

By Christine and Terry
August 31st 2008
Indonesia Asia » Indonesia » Java » Jakarta
Beautiful Bali
Beautiful Bali
Home of the lovely balinese people who have a smile and a welcome for all. Wish I could keep them with me always!
Thank you for all your encouragement and kind comments about the blog… but please keep them coming (she says quite shamelessly) as we really enjoy reading them and hearing about life back in the UK. We’re currently in Vietnam where it looks like we’ll be spending Christmas. Would you believe that Saigon is full of Christmas tat, including fake snow and penguins. Honestly when did it ever snow in Saigon and today they were playing Maria Carey’s “All I want for Christmas is You”. (Good Grief). Indonesia Arriving Kuala Lumpur [View Full Entry]

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1513 Words | 6 Comment(s) | 23 Photo(s) | 2 Video(s)
Published: December 3rd 2008 | 134 Views | [diary=348676]

I'll have an Earl Grey tea, please
Off Freedom Square, KL
Bali - scene of Sari Club

Chandigarth Shopping Centre
Chandigarth Shopping Centre
Definitely more Basildon than Blue Water
Our blog remains weeks behind and so a hasty run through of our remaining weeks in India is needed, else we’ll never catch up with ourselves. Jude said to describe India you need every adjective in the dictionary and then some, which is so true. Chandigarth After the beautifully damp (and cool) mountains of Himachal Pradesh we reached the Punjabi plains and found that not only was it still really humid but also really hot. Oh well. Chandigarth is a new town, commissioned by Nehru after independence and widely held to be the most significant urban planning exper [View Full Entry]

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2477 Words | 3 Comment(s) | 27 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: October 23rd 2008 | 132 Views | [diary=337527]

Mcleod Ganj:
McLeod Ganj
Amritsar: Golden Temple

Firstly enormous thanks to everyone for sending messages or posting comments, as ever they were all gratefully received; in fact we’re slightly incredulous both that we haven’t received more abuse and that we have been nagged for not posting more about India. We left India about a month ago and are clearly well behind with the blog so here goes back to June 21st. Leh - Ladakh We stayed put in and around Leh for fourteen days (which is as long as we’d spent travelling around the whole of Uzbekistan). It was two weeks of blue skies, sunshine and m [View Full Entry]

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2066 Words | 4 Comment(s) | 21 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: September 22nd 2008 | 319 Views | [diary=326306]

Tea Pot Beer
Shanti Stupa,
The lanes around Leh

By Christine and Terry
June 27th 2008
India Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir » Leh
Arrival in New Delhi
Arrival in New Delhi
There we were, at 9pm in Delhi’s Indira Ghandi Airport in the Indian subcontinent, eleven weeks after leaving home. We’d expected mayhem and delays but instead found a well ordered airport, bags corre... [more]
Incredible India Arrival Delhi was hot, really hot and humid. At the airport the innumerable taxis appeared to be playing dodgems both with each other and/or any pedestrians that got in the way. Excitedly three of us crammed our bodies and bags into a small taxi and after bumping into only a couple of other vehicles we were on our way. But only for 100 yards, when we stopped and picked up the driver’s friend, clearly there’s always room for “one more” in any vehicle in India. Its especially so on motorbikes; although not so much a game [View Full Entry]

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1421 Words | 6 Comment(s) | 12 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 22nd 2008 | 131 Views | [diary=314673]

Ghandi's last steps
Not everyone hates the Monsoon
House Boats in Srinagar

Freedom Square Memorial
Freedom Square Memorial
Kyrgyzstan’s people have great pride in their nomadic traditions, living in Yurts (round tents made from felt) and the centrepiece of the Yurt has become a key symbol of Kyrgyzstan\\\'s identity.
KYRGYZSTAN Herewith, blog from Kyrgyzstan and its just the three weeks late. We’re currently enjoying the Monsoon in India! Thanks to those who have sent messages … but please everyone we really enjoy your comments so don’t be shy! Kyrgyzstan is an amazing country; 90% of it is above 1,500m and the Tien Shan mountains, which run into China, form a beautiful backdrop to Bishkek the capital city. Arriving at Bishkek Airport Tashkent Airport had been voted the 2nd worst airport in the world and it did not disappoint. Manas [View Full Entry]

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1541 Words | 9 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: July 9th 2008 | 270 Views | [diary=297443]

Manas Statue
Marx and Engels in Discussion
Our "Home"

Tamerlane - Father of Uzbekistan?
Tamerlane - Father of Uzbekistan?
Since independence Tamerlane has been adopted as the Father of Uzbekistan with his statues replacing those of Lenin. A little surprising given his reputation and as he was born from Turkic-Mongol sto... [more]
Leaving Iran We flew from Iran to Uzbekistan, (our first flight since leaving home) as getting a visa to travel over land through Turkmenistan takes a lot of time, needs a letter of invitation (expensive) and even then may be a bit hit and miss. It was 1am by the time we reached the Emam Khomeni airport and on the departure board was a BMI flight to London; it felt odd that having travelled for over six weeks to get this far we could just pop on a plane and be back in Heathrow in 6 hrs. We’d fully expected the [View Full Entry]

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2212 Words | 4 Comment(s) | 12 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: June 23rd 2008 | 511 Views | [diary=290236]

Emir Guy, the Mausoleum of the Timurs,
Samarkand Registan Square
The Boys….



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