Well ok, we're not starring in the sequel to the beach, but we did feel like extras on our trip to the most beautiful islands today........ One of the most popular trips seems to be to Koh Phi Phi (pronounced Pee Pee) where the film 'The Beach' was filmed. Phi Phi is actually split into two separate islands - Phi Phi Le, which is the film location, and Phi Phi Don, which is a larger more inhabited island. We took a speed boat from the port in Phuket for about an hour to the islands. The speed boat was great fun, [View Full Entry]

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Guys and Gals, Well what a difference from Bangkok.......a one hour flight down to the island of Phuket and we feel a million miles away from the confusion of Bangkok. We found a fantastic resort down in the southeast corner of the island called Cape Panwa. The area itself is fairly quiet, but we've checked into a big hotel resort, with all the usual swimming pools, bars, restaurants etc. The hotel seems to have a lot of English people - feels a little bit unusual as we've gone nearly 3 weeks and not really met or spoken to many English people. [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Bangkok a couple of nights ago, via a small propeller plane from Cambodia (very noisy flight!) Bangkok is not what we expected and not sure we're that keen on it. Maybe this is because the countries we've just come from blew us away or maybe it's not our cup of tea. Perhaps we've not seen the right bits! (Any fellow bloggers reading this, please feel free to send us a message if you have any thoughts on this!) The new airport we arrived at is very modern and western, and a bit like arriving at Heathrow (although with [View Full Entry]

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OK, so for those of you who know us well, you will be amazed to learn that Chris has finally found a curry after a staggering 12 days without. AND Jackie had her first alcoholic drink of the holiday. The curry was not quite the same and we were sat out on the street on wicker chairs, the wine was Cambodian red but very good - even by Jax's tough standards. Half a glass and she was wobbling all over the town! Anyway, Cambodia has far exceeded all our expectations. Particularly our hotel; we had pre-booked into one of the best [View Full Entry]

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hello lovelies! Well here we are in Cambodia, in amongst the greatest Temples in the world - and they really are mind blowing!! Today, we hired our own private tuk tuk (like a rickshaw but pulled by a man on a little moped) to take us to the temples around Angkor. Would you believe, we set out at 4am (having vowed to take it easy and sleep in while in Cambodia, after our hectic schedule in Vietnam!), and the reason for the early start?.............Chris wanted to photograph the sunrise over Angkor Wat!!! Angkor Wat is the biggest and most famous of [View Full Entry]

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We've arrived in Ho Chi Minh City, what used to be called Saigon, on the last part of our vietnamese tour. First thing you notice is the change in climate down here (we're about a thousand miles south of Hanoi where we started). It feels very hot and humid compared to the North but still a nice temperature for us holiday makers! This city is much more western than the rest of Vietnam - the buildings and the roads are more developed, and there are a lot more cars, causing the first traffic jams we've seen since we arrived in the [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, Both keeping well and still really enjoying Vietnam (a few insect bites and mild dodgy tummy) but nothing to worry about. We flew from the North to Danang yesterday and went straight to Marble Mountain. We both climbed the mountain (not quite as strenuous as that might sound!) but still hard work in this heat. Took a bus ride to Hoi an and took a tour round the old town - very quaint small vietnamese town on a river. Thought this place was great and would have liked to have spent more time there. Saw yet another market (getting [View Full Entry]

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We’ve taken a four-hour bumpy bus ride out to the coast. The Vietnamese countryside is just as you would imagine - miles of endless rice fields with workers in colonial hats farming (they really do wear those hats everywhere). Lots of cattle and water buffalo roaming around. The roads are not as bad as we thought they might be, the biggest problem is the constant noise - even out of the towns, the locals beep their horns almost constantly for some reason (this keeps any sleep on the bus to a minimum unfortunately!) Anyway, HaLong Bay is fantastic - we both [View Full Entry]

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Since we last wrote, we spent another busy day touring Hanoi and didn’t have much down time. Saw a selection of temples and went to Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum but couldn’t se his body as it’s currently away in Russia for ‘restoration’. Had a look at the presidential palace and braved some more hairy roads. When we fancy a quick break, we’ve found an interesting (different) pastime of pitching up in a road side bar, drinking a cold beer, and watching the amusing selection of things the locals manage to carry on a motorbike. So far we’ve seen a [View Full Entry]

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Ok, so not milliionaires really, but it did make us laugh when about fifty quid gets you over a million dongs! Makes you feel rich anyway.... Hello all, arrived safely in Hanoi after a long days travelling and a very average flight with Thai airways. Having come straight from England, Hanoi seems pretty mad - the first thing you notice is the roads - often ten deep with motorcyclists who don't stop for pedestrians, just weave round you as you cross (anyone remember the game frogger 20 years ago? We feel like frogs!) Hotel is great but the funniest thing so [View Full Entry]

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