Travel Blog | deanandsarah http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/deanandsarah/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from deanandsarah en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:38:13 +0000 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:38:13 +0000 Fjords Fish and Family in the Faroe Islands Dont worry people... we are not travelling again we wish but our holidays this year in the Faroe Islands were unusual and photogenic enough to warrant a little write up and a few photos. So here we go miniblogFor any most people who have no idea where the Faroes are they are a small group of islands north of scotland in the north sea midway between Iceland and Norway. I have a lot of famil http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Faroe-Islands/Eysturoy/Leirvik/blog-410103.html Solong Singapore NOTE Sorry for typos and the lack of any detail andor the fwe photos but weve only got a few minutes before we are off and this computer is ancientHello Readers It is here the final blog We know you have all been waiting for it with naited breath so fight back the tears lets get on with it...Our last night in KL was predictably brilliant. Yet again involving copius amounts of brilliant lo http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Singapore/Bugis-Village/blog-322148.html Pricey but Pretty Perhentians We know titles have descended into sillyness now but to be fair its all nearly over now so we havn't got time to think of blog titles. We will be back in the UK in a week its worrying to even say it. But hey we will save all those end of travels type messages for the final blog from Singapore we think......Anyway how are you readers Hope you are all well and have been behaving yourselves http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Terengganu/Perhentian-Besar/blog-318855.html Malaysian Munchies Hello everyoneHopefully your all enjoying the great British summer tee hee though to be fair you only really know rain once you visit the tropics. When it rains here it RAINS Drizzle is not even a conceptFrom Bandung it was another slightly disorganised departure by AirAsia. The flight had been rescheduled again Still we were put on a flight only about an hour later than originally intend http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Wilayah-Persekutuan/Kuala-Lumpur/blog-310825.html Irresistable Indonesia Hello world hope your all OK and ready for the latest thrilling installment of the blog To be fair the titles are probably the highlight these days Irresistable sighWARNING We have done quite a lot and more milage this last 2 weeks so this is one loooong blog So if your only after a quick visit ckeck out the pictures and videos otherwise get yourself a healthy beverage I reccomend c http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/blog-302985.html Sensational Sabah Hello everyone from the isle of Borneo Before anyone gets confused Borneo is an island of which half is Malaysian owned and half is Indonesian owned we will ignore Brunei for ease. The Malaysian part is split into southern Sarahwak and northern Sabah i.e. where we are now get it Got it GoodWe arrived in Tawau pretty late at night and needed sleep after the night before in Hanoi Thanks Al http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Malaysia/Sabah/blog-297872.html Heavenly Halong Hello Everyone hope you are all well. This is just a mini and already late blog to keep you all updated and also it neatly ties up Vietnam so that the blogs dont get too hard to follow I expect most of you will end up reading this at the same time as the previous blog as they are so close together so shouldn't be too much botherAnd yes before you ask they ARE shocking sandal tan lines on my f http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Red-River-Delta/Halong-Bay/blog-295891.html Spectactular Sapa EDIT Stupid PC just deleted yesterdays walk pics Ive just had to run out and take a few more. Not as good but you get the idea. And its also not going to let you guys have any video for nowHi back at home it's us in Vietnam again Hope all is well back in the sunny UK So to catch up... we left the twee times of Dalat early the next morning leaving our huge lovely room and decided to bus http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Northwest/Sapa/blog-290266.html Vibrant Vietnam Hello WorldYes I know Vibrant terrible but you try thinking of a better word beginning with V It was the best we could think of... suggestions on the back of an epostcard pleaseSo yes another blog another country and this time its Vietnam We've only got 2 real countries left after this if you exclude Singapore and don't class Malaysian Borneo as a different country so we are trying to a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Vietnam/Southeast/Ho-Chi-Minh-City/blog-286466.html Amazing Angkor Hi Everyone Apoligies if this blog is written a bit weirdly but we have decided to write a bit each day while we are in Siem Reap as we have free internet at the hotel. Also we don't want to write about Angkor all in one go because I think we would forget a lot of stuff We also have to download the pictures to Deans gadget everyday because there are manySo I think we last wrote about Battam http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/North/Angkor/blog-283292.html Crazy Cambodia Hello western world How are you all well we hope This is the other backdated blog that brings us up to date We left the last blog after crossing the border so we will carry on from there...Stung Treng was an odd but relativly charming little town. Even though we were only thirty miles into Cambodia Loas already felt a long way away. No more sticky rice shame We did find a great place on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Cambodia/South/Phnom-Penh/blog-281335.html King Khong Hi Everyone Hope everything is good back at home And no more nail bombs in Exeter How weirdSorry we havn't blogged for a while we are in Cambodia already but will have to backdate due to lack of internet action lately Also thats why you havn't had any emails guys sorry. We will do the Cambodia blog soon as well now we are back in some kind of civilisation. Anyway... from Pakse in Cen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/South/Khong-Island/blog-280673.html Vive la Vientiane Hello WorldHope everyone is OK back in the now apparently sunny UK. Glad to hear the weather is better now short of our 35c though and that things are ticking over OK. Congrats to Clare on her MA we will have a drink for you later and when we return Ceeeeeeelebration wooThis will be a monster blog so again get comfy seek refreshments and settle in for a bumpy ride Also this blog marks http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Vientiane/blog-274088.html Lazy Laos Hi EveryoneHope everything is going great back at homeSorry we havn't blogged for a while apart from the mini Burma blog. We left the last blog in Thailand so will carry on from there...From Chiang Mai we went onto Chiang Rai which is about a 3hour coach ride north so the scenery changed from flat to bumpy mountains. We decided to walk out to our guesthouse Akha River Lodge but ended up walk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Laos/West/Luang-Prabang/blog-271746.html Brief Burma Hello Everyone from BurmaMyanmarHaha yes thats right we are not in Thailand well not for the next hour or 2 anyway were in Tachileik in far north eastern Myanmar We are on our way from Northern Thailand to the Laos border at Chang Kong so we thought it would be amusing to go to Mae Sai and cross the border to Burma for an afternoon Yes we are sad but it has been quite amusing and a visa for M http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Tachileik/blog-269886.html Bustling Bangkok Hello Everyone Be warned this is one long blog so grab a cup of tea or beerWell its been an eventfull couple of weeks here in Thailand so will try and squeeze it all in here with a load of pictures and maybe even a video now that Ive worked out how to get them on hereSecondly hello to everyone who is receiving this for the first time there were a fair few people we had forgetten to add a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-266261.html Gorgeous Galle Hi Everyone Sorry for the delayed blog but the internet cafes in Sri Lanka were pretty bad so we had to wait until Bangkok to add pictures worth the wait I hope.Hope you are all ok back at home. Sorry it has been a while since the last blog. I think we last blogged from Ella so will carry on from there. After the unfortunate rain in Ella we had to get a taxi to Mirissa on the south coasthurra http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Sri-Lanka/Southern-Province/Galle/blog-263197.html Soggy Sri Lanka Hello from Sri Lanka Thank you all for the emailsmessages missing you allFirst of all... Dean needs to get something off his chest WALES AGAIN....GLORIOUS WALES Needless to say he is pretty chuffed with the result of the grand slam6 nations He say's Shane Williams is a legend bring on the Aussies....Right anyway Got into Sri Lanka just over a week ago. Started our journey in Negom http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Sri-Lanka/Central-Province/Nuwara-Eliya/blog-257338.html Incredible India ltltltLet it be know this blog entry has taken 5 PCs in 3 Internet Cafes in 2 Countries over 4 days Committment Sar apologies for not being able to chip as much as usual but shes trying to phone to you lotgtgtgtHello everyone Hope everyone is OK and yes we know it has been a while so here comes our monster end of India round upFirst things first Wales wales glorious wal http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Kerala/Varkala/blog-254288.html Kool Karnataka Hello everyoneHope you are all ok and eveything is good back at homeOne line from Dean before we start the blog'Come on Wales' against Italy tomorrow. Needless to say he was chuffed Wales beat England in Twickenham It had to happen 1 day I supposeAnyway... sorry we havn't blogged for a little whilethink we last updated you when we were in Gokarna so we will start from there even though i http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Karnataka/Madikeri/blog-248835.html