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January 18th 2010

Published: January 19th 2010

Britain, Britain, Britain! After 14 long months of adventures in South East Asia (largely Vietnam, but also Thailand and the Philippines), it was finally time to return home to our little island off the coast of France. 14 months is quite a long time, probably too long, and we were very pleased to get back to Blighty and our friends and families, particularly during the festive season - so off ... Read Full Entry

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Kris and Kate

Rat on the Road

It started in November 2006, when we quit our jobs, rented out our house, sold our belongings and set off in search of adventure in South East Asia. Backpacking around SE Asia followed, along with working with elephants in Pattaya, a TEFL course in Thailand, teaching in Bangkok, Madrid, Bournemouth.... "Where next?" you might ask. Well, the pull of the East was too great, so we hot-footed back to Thailand, and then onto Vietnam. We spent a year teaching in a language centre in Haiphong in the North of Vietnam. Then we went searching for the bright lights of the big city and taught ... full info

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Kris teaching Elisha, his niece, to play guitar

Durham cathedral

in the snow. When Kris got to the entrance a suddenly gust of wind blew a shower of icicles onto him. Surely a bad sign, like something out of "The Omen"..?

Durham castle

Durham cathedral

A cross in Durham

With "COOL, MAN" written on the base in snow. Nice!

Abi and Rach

Kris and Abi

"Dancing" in their seats. Allegedly.

22nd May 2010

angi
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did ya make it !
haha I made the leeds-horden journey amillion times as a kid ...hated it but was worth it ...family lived and still live there ...there is coaldust in my veins :)

9th March 2012

Lisa Searles
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Hobbit House T shirt, cool! I remember this party, you were the only guys who turned up - and you live in Vietnam!! God we're popular....

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