Travel Blog | Jason and Jane http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Jason-and-Jane/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Jason and Jane en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:40:37 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 17:40:37 +0000 Christmas in Siem Reap Vegas of Cambodia Firstly apologies for the late publication have both been very slack in keeping the blog up to date... Anyway cast your mind back to December as I describe Siem Reap...Talking Temples on Tuk TukBy Sir Ewan Tuktuk and Lady Wanna KoldrinOK the thing to do in Siem Reap is tour the temples. Ankor Wat is simply the beginning of this. Because of the presence of the temples Siem Reap is heavily t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Siem-Reap/blog-113956.html Want Best Time in Battambang Ok this is the draft of what will be a pretty long entry done so much stuff in 3 days will add more photo's to this blog as i find a place with better internetPhnom Penh in 12 HoursWe fly in to PP via our cheap Air Asia flight from KL think easyjet and you will be in pretty much the same place. The arrivals hall was interesting a large number of uniformed police who initially looked pre http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Battambang/blog-112277.html Soft landing in Singapore Escape from Harborne HallFlew out from Heathrow to Singapore after a brief week long return to England so we could attend a whole week long course of VSO training. Not sure the training was really designed with medics in mind but hey at least I will now be a dab hand with coloured pens and flip charts to help me facilitate small groups in a participatory fasion you had to be there well WE http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/blog-111331.html Weekend on the River and The Falls Essquibo weekendWhen we got back into town from the Rupununi we had a day in GT then headed off with Tors and some other GT possee to a beautiful house that we rented just near Barticahellip This time there were enough of us to rent almost the whole speedboat for our group alone meaning we were really riding in style. The house was a fantastic throwback to the days of empire with bougainville http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-107037.html Into the Interior Guyana To The InteriorAfter what seemed like ages of trying to find a way into the interior of Guyana we finally gave up planning and just found an aeroplane going vaguely in our direction and jumped on it. Just before we left we emailed our potential host at a place called Caiman House who confirmed she had space for us and so off we went. We hit the local interior flights airport called http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-106838.html Finally Escaping We're Leaving on a Jet PlaneFinally wersquove managed to pack up and rent out the house as well as hopefully tying up all our other UK bound affairs. Over a month was spent in ferrying our various belongings to locations scattered across the UK from Shropshire to Derby Canterbury to Yorkshire and a couple of motherloads in Poole and London. The odds of us ever finding it all again in a co http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Barbados/blog-102433.html Guyanan Adventures GuyanaArrived off the plane to be greeted by Tors which did give a certain amount of amusement value as the faces of the awaiting taxi drivers fell as we were efficiently whisked off to the awaiting wheels and headed off to her house in Duncan Street Georgetown. Lovely place with big open plan downstairs with kitchendinner and then twothree bedrooms upstairs with a balcony with all mod cons http://www.travelblog.org/South-America/Guyana/blog-102439.html Just Married The big day Forde Abbey Near Chard DorsetWell the big day finally arrived. So did the piano player but unfortunately he forgot to bring the CD of the music he had promised to play for the entrance and exit of the bride... Oh well luckily we had the laptop and speakers then... To start from the beginning Woke up at 2 am extremely nervous with a heart rate of over 100min wondering if Jane http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Dorset/blog-90371.html