jcmoquette

Hello all, I know its been a while but I wanted to have plenty of material in order to write a (somewhat) interesting entry. So after we left Etta we arrived in Phuket... We got into a Taxi at Phuket airport and headed for a hotel in Phuket town which was recomended by our guide book. We got a pretty awful room and put our bags down. We decided to go for a walk and came across this very cute cafe. We decided to go in for a drink. The owner was this very sweet, funny and bubbly Thai lady who had grown up all over the world... Needless to say we all got along famously... She invited Tamara and I to join her and her friends for dinner that night. We had a very ... read more

Hi all, I'm going to make this a short one for the simple reason that we are moving so much at the moment that I will never have time to get everything down. So After Luang Prabang we took a flight (Etta booked us business class which was a drastic change from government buses in India) to Siem Reap. I had already been to Siem Reap before but was excited to see all the temples again as last time we were here it was only for a day which was far to short. We arrived at our hotel which was the same one I had stayed at with my family. It is such a beautiful hotel consisting of luxury huts arranged around reflecting ponds and gardens... Truly magnificent. So I’m going to keep the bit ... read more

Hello all, So lots to tell.... As you read in my last entry, Tamara and I left India to head to Bangkok. We arrived in Bangkok on the 1st of March very early in the morning and headed to our Hotel... Our first impressions of Bangkok were (believe it or not) How clean and orderly it was.... This was of course a reaction to having spent 2 months in India which is not very clean or orderly. We arrived at our Hotel which was very nice and had air conditioning which at the time seemed like a real blessing... Our Hotel was situated in a very touristy area with lots of road side bars and cafes and tons of tailors trying to get you into there shops... After a quick nap in the room Tamara and ... read more

Hi guys, So not that much has happened since my last entry but I thought I woud keep you all (whoever is actually reading it) updated... So after Bangalore, we got another Government bus to Kochi because there were no other buses once again... On arrival we were taken by an autorickshaw to a really sweet family run hotel where we got a lovely room and slept all day.... When we awoke we decide to go into the town and check out this cafe that was recomended by the Gudebook and rumoured to have good cofee. It turned out to be an Art cafe displaying art of young India artists. It also did have great cofees, fresh cakes (including Chocolate!) and really good sandwiches. I was so happy to be in that environment as were the ... read more

Hi Guys.. So tam and I took the slightly (by an hour) delayed train from the train station in Goa to Gokarna. The Train station in Goa looked more like a house and when the autorickshaw driver droped us off we though that we were in the wrong place. We took the very packed train sitting on benches with the other passengers. It was a really beautiful train ride. The landscapes in the south are so green and lush. I read most of the way while tamara enjoyed the view. On arrival in Gokarna we realised that the distance to the beach where we wanted to stay was quite long and that the bus was arleady full. We jumped into a autorickshaw which took us down the bumpy roads. We stoped at some point and realised ... read more