Hey all, So here we are. 12 months later and we have reached the end of our trip! Over the year we have visited 12 countries. We have spent a total of 31 hours underwater, gone 30 feet underground in a working mine, cruised at 2000 feet high on a hang-glider, bounced off a bungee at 50 metres and jumped a combined total of 24 thousand feet out of a plane. We have kayakked on the Tasman Sea, floated down the Mekong on a tube, sailed the China Sea on a junkboat, rafted down white water rapids in New Zealand, cruised [View Full Entry]

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so laos,brilliant place,friendly people and very eventful. The fun started when i got off the bus after 23 hours from hanoi in vietnam with my big bag and proceded to fall badly on my ankle and twist it and then rip my pants.slightly exposing myself.not the best start to a new country. The supposed nightmare bus journey was fine as not many people so had room to stretch out,some lads had hammocks tyed up and one korean woman had a full mossie suit: jackets,pants and wierd attached helmet in a nice illuminous green. not really the best person to be travellig [View Full Entry]

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Hello everyone. Hope you all had a really lovely Christmas and New Years! Here's to a fantastic 2007!! So we are now in Laos. We made our way from the south of Vietnam up to Hanoi in the north and from there headed over the border into Laos. We bought a bus ticket in Saigon which allowed us to stop off in a few places on the way up, each different in many ways. Vietnam is so varied and diverse. Saigon Now called Ho Chi Minh City after the popular leader, HCMC is an interesting city. Very crazy (yes even more [View Full Entry]

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Or for those of you who don't speak Vietnamese - MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! We are both thinking of all of you and wishing you all the loveliest of Christmas's and the best for the New Year to come!! Here are some Christmas snaps from Vietnam. We are off to Midnight Mass tonight and spending Christmas Day cruising Halong Bay. We then head into Laos for New Years Eve!! Loads and loads of love to you all - we miss you all so much!! Richard & Zoë xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [View Full Entry]

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Cambodia is a haunting country Whether it be when you are wandering round Angkor Wat, or reading about the horrors committed by the Khmer Rouge, you cannot avoid Cambodia’s lingering past. Even the locals nowadays are ashamed of their country's troubled history. What you can take heart in is the future for the country. And what a beautiful country it is. The people are so friendly and genuine, the countryside is generally flat, but covered mostly with rice-paddies. The culture is rich and vibrant, and the food bloody excellent! We started our trip in Siem Reap, a fairly s [View Full Entry]

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alright people, well since we last spoke we havent really done a lot!thats southern thailand for you. arrived in bangkok at 12 at night and got to a hostel even though the taxi driver nearly crashed into a post and didnt know where he was going.just went to the grand palace and had a look around and there was some military parade going on. then we made our way down to koh phangan to meet up with tom rosen from uni.nice to meet someone who you know from home and not have to go through the typical questons of where are [View Full Entry]

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So fresh faced and naive we arrived in Singapore. You don’t appreciate just how lazy you get travelling round Oz, but it took us a while to get back into the whole backpacker thing! After a couple of days exploring Singapore (which really was more than enough as it’s so small and way too expensive!) we got a bus into Malaysia. As soon as you went over the border you noticed a real change in the scenery...from high-rise heaven to real lush jungle! Bliss! Smog Unfortunately our trip in Singapore, and a lot of the west coast of Malaysia, was hampered [View Full Entry]

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hey guys, just about to leave Oz tomorrow!Doing this and trying to pack away all the rubbish we have accumaleted since we have been here!just cant find a spot for my digeredoo!Had loads of fun in Oz but looking forward to moving on. The East coast was cool but was just full of annoying 18 year old kids who were just up for getting hammered.We had crap weather all the way up to noosa but the sun came out and we were able to get on the beach. Whitsundays was class apart from the skipper of our ship who was an [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! We are back! (i know you are all so pleased!!hehehe!) So we have now finished working in Melbourne. We had a real ball there...we both met some really lovely people and more importantly we have saved up some more hard-earned cash ready for the next adventure! We lived in a suburb called Brighton (which made Zoe feel very at home), and both worked in the city. Family friends of Zoe's (Libby, Ian and family) made us feel very welcome and at home, and sorted us out with somewhere to live! (thanks again Libs!). Melbourne is a brilliant place to [View Full Entry]

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Hey people. Just in Melbourne at the moment been looking for jobs! Zoe is working at Kraft as a PA to the executives. Im still looking and the world cup has just started! Coincidence I think not! Really enjoyed the South of New Zealand, everyone said it is better then the north and there right! Its just like you would think New Zealand looks like beautiful mountains and glaciers by the end you just get a bit blase and its just like "oh there’s another amazing mountain". Went to the Abel Tasmin national park this was beautiful, stayed at Kaiteriteri, lovely [View Full Entry]

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