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We got married on 14th August 2009, and are now busy planning a 6 month RTW jaunt as a belated Honeymoon in November 2009. The plan is to hit SE Asia first before descending on Australia and New Zealand, with stops in South America on the way back.

Exciting!!!

Lets just hope 6 months on the road with me doesn't have Cate heading straight for the divorce papers when we get back!!!

Nov 18th - 7th Feb: Bangkok, Northern Thailand, Laos, Southern Thai Islands, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Cambodia.
8th Feb - 20th March: East Coast Australia, Melbourne - Cairns.
21st March - 20th April: New Zealand (Campervan ahoy!)
21st April - 2nd June: Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.
3rd June: Home!

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

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By Matt and Cate
December 4th 2009

I knew I liked Pie, but now i love Pai too! Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Pai

T'is true

We decided to get the minibus to Pai despite being told that it was an incredibly windy road, (762 corners to go round from Chiang Mai.) I took a Kwell to try to ward off any travel sickness and when the minibus finally arrived, 6 of us from Julie’s guesthouse piled in to the already half full bus. I sat next to a couple at the back of the bus both of whom were called Kate, and Matt sat in front of me on the only other seat. The luggage was precariously positioned behind our back seats and loaded right [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
December 1st 2009

Mai, Mai, My Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

Sleeper train

Ok, so we actually did something in advance for a change, (we usually just rock up.) When we were leaving Bangkok to go to Ayutthaya we booked a sleeper train (second class train, fan and windows for air) to transport us to Chiang Mai from Lopburi the following evening. Now, for those of you who have said that you feel jealous of us being here, this should make you feel much better. We managed to get onto the train at the right carriage thanks to some helpful Thai people at the station and a guy checked our tickets then showed [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
November 29th 2009

Monkeys swinging through the jungle, monkeys climbing up and down... Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Ayuthaya

Buddha

So as I mentioned at the end of our previous blog, we felt that we’d probably spent a little too long in Bangkok and so it was time to start snaking our way north to see what other delights (and frustrations) Thailand has to offer ... first stop, Ayutthaya - an ancient old city just to the north of Thailand filled with temples and religious monuments. After discussions with the really helpful staff at Bangkok train station and a last minute tweaking to our timetable due to some sleeper trains being fully booked, we got tickets sorted to head to Ayutthaya [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
November 27th 2009

Wat Wat Wat Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

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We needed to go back to Bangkok before heading north, so thought we’d stop in Bangkok again on the way and get some culture down us. This of course led us to spending the first day back undertaking every woman’s favourite pastime - shopping. Before you can head from Koh San Road to the commercial district you have to deal with bartering with tuk-tuk drivers and taxi drivers, all intent on prising as much money out of your wallet at possible. Every tuk-tuk driver (and I do mean every single one of them) would only take us if we made a [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
November 25th 2009

Elephants, Tigers & Waterfalls Asia » Thailand » Western Thailand » Kanchanaburi

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We decided to head out to Kanchanaburi, a couple of hours west of Bangkok to experience a different part of Thailand. We successfully tackled Thai public transport by hailing a taxi (putting hand out, palm down and moving right and left over and over) very informative darling then worked out how to buy a bus ticket in the bus station but found that we were stared at a lot! I couldn’t understand why people turned to look at us but Matt pointed out that it was probably because we are actually the whitest people in Asia it seems. We are definitely [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
November 24th 2009

Bangkok. No witty title required. Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok

Cate

Hello everybody, and sawadee from Thailand!!! Apologies for the delay in getting some blog-action on the go, it’s actually a lot harder than we expected to get some down time to do little admin jobs like sort out blogs/laundry/money etc as there’s so much to do all of the time! So we arrived safe and sound with a few minor transport hiccups along the way, unexpectedly though all the problems were in England rather than Thailand ... as our train from Birmingham to London came to a grinding halt at Watford Junction and we learnt that there had not only been [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
November 11th 2009

7 days and counting ... Europe » United Kingdom » England » Leicestershire » Leicester

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The serious business of counting down the days until we leave has now begun in earnest, with this time next week being d-day for flying out of the UK to start our trip in Bangkok. Our final weeks at work have been relatively relaxed affairs, speak for yourself Matt, I've had loads to do and your weeks at work are always relaxed affairs unlike mine, and promise to continue in this vain for the remaining two days of 9-5 life, before spending our final few pre-trip days in Leicester and Birmingham saying goodbye to assorted relatives and enduring many hours worrying [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
October 7th 2009

Honeymoon, NYC!!! North America » United States » New York » New York » Manhattan

Airport

Ok, so it's taken us a MASSIVELY long time to get around to blogging anything about our honeymoon - which doesn't bode well for attempting to keep a blog going while we're on the road for six and a half months. But better late than never eh? Well, following 18 months of planning, our wedding day came and went and I can honestly say that it was the most magical and perfect day for us both and hopefully everyone who shared it with us. I have never worn such an amazing, beautiful dress in my life nor have I ever felt [View Full Entry]

By Matt and Cate
August 31st 2009

Hello, hello, hello Europe » United Kingdom » England » Leicestershire » Leicester

First off, welcome to our Travel Blog, glad you could make it. For those friends and family who are here for (hopefully) regular updates about what mischief we’re getting ourselves into in foreign climes then if you click on the “subscribe” button near the top of the page you’ll get an automatic notification when we manage to crawl off the beach/out of the bar long enough to update our blog. For those of you who just happened to stumble across this while sat at work avoiding doing anything work-related (I well and truly know that feeling), then feel free to subscribe [View Full Entry]

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