RichandCarol

Hi hi hi! How the bloody hell is everyone? We are currently in our final week of travels and chilling at the beach in Paraty, Brazil before travelling back to Rio for our flight home. I have a tummy bug, the first of all the travels which is annoying, so am taking the time to catch up on some blogs stuff as we are so far behind. Whoops! I think we are just leaving Bolivia as far as you all know.....and we have been to about 4 countries since then so much apologies! The tour is usually a pretty fast pace and we struggle to find the few hours the blogs need. We promise to catch up and let you know about our final months though......even if we finish it after getting home. So anyway.....after leaving ... read more

And so we continue to try to catch up on our blogging and the South American leg of our year of travels and adventures! Carol covered the fun that was the Inca trail and the infamous 'Inca Trail Carol'. Again a lot of this is from memory, some 6 weeks ago now, so bear with us! We left Cusco after a great 8 days of trekking and fun, and left early to make the run to Puno, and Lake Titicaca. Lake Titicaca is the highest navigable lake in the world, and South Americas largest. It also forms part of the border between Peru and Bolivia. We arrived late afternoon and sorted out our trip out onto the lake and we opted to go for a homestay on the largest island. We left early next morning, jumping ... read more

Hi everyone, first up, sorry about the delay in writing anything down for you all, it's been a busy 2 months or so since getting here in south america that we've just been finding it difficult to find the hours we need to sit down and get it all down in writing! So we're both well, enjoying our time and getting a lot in. As you'll find out! We left off in New Zealand (god that seems an age ago!), we spent a few days in Aukland prepping for South America, and celebrating Carols birthday by going up the skytower for a night out. We done it in style, going for a meal, complete with fantastic views and then hitting the casino for free (budget style) drinks and a bit of gambling to finish off. We ... read more

Wow, where to start?? I think it's only been a few weeks since our last blogs, maybe slightly longer, but so much has happened. We finally left Asia and headed to Australia but more of that later! Well, hello everyone. How's it going? We're both really well and without being too smug....are still having an amazing time! With Christmas fast approaching now it's so hard trying to imagine that it's nearly November. Anyway, I'm currently sitting in a back packers in New Zealand after just arriving here today. So far, so good. We pick up the camper van tomorrow and we're both pretty excited! So, last time you heard from us we were back in Bangkok, just about to head to Ko Samet, a lovely little island about 3 hours away from Bangkok. A favourite with ... read more

Hello All, I hope your all as well as to be expected in Sunny (haha) England, a country from everything we read seems to be in a bit of a slide, increasing costs, uncertainty, credit munching and all sorts of stuff I read about on the internet. Of course travelling has it's on stresses as well, where to eat, drink, sleep and travel, whilst all the time trying to do this for the cheapest amount possible (keeping up with the Joneses in reverse). In itself trying to prevent people from getting every possible cent out of you is a fulltime occupation. Agreeing a price in dollars (because the vietnamese have no desire whats-so-ever to deal in thier own currenices) only to try to pay in dong had Carol going red in the face angry every day ... read more