Arrived in Cambodia from Saigon after 6 hours on the bus - the shortest trip so far I think!!! Luckily we picked up a hotel rep just before we arrived at the bus station to guide us to his tuc tuc and take us to his hotel as the bus was swarmed with Cambodians pulling us, shouting in each ear and holding up guesthouse notices for us to go with them... it was quite overwhelming!! Phnom Penh is a mix between old and new, a very friendly city with alot of character. We headed to the riverside to check out the area, really lovely at night as it is all lit up, with loads of street sellers & unfortunatly quite a few begging kids...but instantly you get a feal of what Cambodia is all about ... read more

So after a crazy trip around Chian Khong in Fathers Pauls 4X4 looking for sunglasses for Jo we hit the road to Loas ....well road ..boat..tuc tuc..border control...more tuc tucs and then a 7 hour slow boat ride to a small town just off the river. When we arrived we had to restle the loas villagers which had jumped on the boat for our bags which they were carrtying off and wanting to charge us before they would give them back. We stayed one night in this crazy village called Pak Beng before heading another 7 hours on the slow boat to Luang Prabang. The slow boat journey was ok - pretty uncomfortable but the mountains either side and fisherman and caves made up for it...the scenery was beautiful. Luang Prabang is an awesome little ... read more

So after 5 days in the bustle of Bangkok ....weaving in and out of westerners down Koahsan Rd... avoiding the tuc tucs after our 30 baht trip around bangkok stopping at a never ending supply of tailors and bartering anything and everything we headed back into the jungle. Bangkok is a pretty cool city - just a bit too crazy for us right now!!!! Our first night proved the most amiusing after finding a small thai cafe for a bottle of Chang Beer (....ooh never again - the worse headache!!!) we had a lock in with a group of local guys; Kung, Porch, Ping, Pong and ........Ben!!!! Following that we chose to be the tourist thing and go to the 'Grande Palace' and a few other temples ....although I did leave Jo to go to ... read more

Diving in Sipadan Asia » Malaysia » Borneo » Sabah » Kota Kinabalu By Jo Warren May 9th 2007 Jo WarrenThanks to Ritchie and Eve we had an awesome three days diving in one of the top five best dive spots in the world and we stayed on an oil rig - how awesome is that!!!! We had an incredible time and finally I think ive just got used to the water....Look at the photos as they explain better than I could....... read more

url='/Videos/3356.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/3356.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;' Kids dancing in Miruru After 2 days at Borneo Paradise Resort chilling out…..well trying, as we had to use that opportunity to clean clothes and get ready for our next project - sort food rations and tools etc… Anyway we headed to Miruru for the community Phase: a small village about a 5 hour drive south of Kota Kinnabalu. The Village had little running water and a few houses with no electricity so we were there to build a “Water Gravity feed System’ from the source of the river 4km away into the village. The project was challenging and a lot of hard work but very rewarding. The Villages spoke Dusan as their first language and Malay second and very little English so they were not familiar with white people and were very ... read more