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Another long week-end, thanks to Wills & Kate ;-) and what better way to spend it than outdoors....provided that the weather is good; and it was, so we headed off to Yorkshire in search of somewhere to pitch our tent and stumbled across Malham in the Yorkshire Dales......absolutely stunning little village with lots of walking, waterfalls, nice pubs and glorious sunshine. We did a 4.5 mile circular walk around the countryside surrounding the village and took lots of photo's, so again this is a photo blog.....hope you like!!... read more

Better late than never!! Haven't had the time to sit down and do this since we got back, so for anyone still interested here's the final instalment. …....So we totally changed our plans and cut short our stay on Phu Quoc, we flew back to Saigon where we had pre-booked a hotel room for three nights but we were both so eager to hit a Thai beach again that we decided to fly out as soon as possible. We had to pay extra to change flights but managed to get ourselves on the Air Asia to Bangkok later that day, so with just a few hours left in Saigon we took a taxi from the Airport to the city, popped in to see Chan at Bich Duyen to tell him we'd changed our plans and wouldn't ... read more

We took the early ferry out of Lipe and landed back in Trang where we caught the train back to Bangkok for a quick stop over before flying out again to Vietnam. The train journey was excellent on account of the fact that we’d booked ourselves a first class cabin, we usually do second class on the trains in Thailand so going first was a bit of a novelty, it was a great experience and we both had a great sleep on the 15 hour journey back up to Bangkok. Next stop Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it was formerly known, we’ve been here before so know a great little hotel in the back packer area, the Bich Duyen is a lovely clean place with friendly helpful staff but it’s increased in price quite ... read more

After much deliberation on where to spend my 40th Birthday we decided upon two countries, two cities and two islands; the itinerary is a short one compared to what we’re normally accustomed to, but with only having limited time off from work we did some research and came up with the following:- Fly to Bangkok, spend a couple of nights there before heading off to Koh lipe a small island in the south west of Thailand and then on to Vietnam where we’ll spend some time in Ho Chi Minh city and finally on to Phu Quoc a large island on Vietnams south west coast. On my train journey down to London to meet up with Barry I was informed by the Virgin Train Manager that my seat in first class had been changed to a ... read more

As we sit in the departure lounge of Penang airport waiting for our early morning flight to Kota Kinabalu the capital of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, it starts to become real that soon we will be in a place we have both dreamed of going for some time. It’s a destination that conjures up images of thick jungle, tribal villages and abundant wildlife where you can step back in time and leave everything else behind. The reality comes as a surprise as you leave the airport and pass large building developments, modern shopping malls, advertising hoardings showing condo’s for sale and 5 star resorts nestled around harbours packed with million pound yachts; in short, Borneo’s capital is developed, very well developed and showing no signs of slowing down soon, we hoped we could find at least a ... read more