Aerobics is still done next to the river in the evening

The girls on tables are the instructors.

May 5th 2016
Going around again It's been ages since I wrote one of these (it's Kris, by the way), but I felt that I should probably put something on about our recent adventures, so here goes... Ten years ago, back in 2006, we gave up our jobs, packed up our house and left for the unknown in Thailand. Somehow it turned into a lifestyle, we became English teachers and 5 country residences later ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

Message Follow (45) Comment

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

Joined	September 25th 2006	Trips	5
Last Login	June 27th 2023	Followers	45
Status	BLOGGER	Follows	40
Blogs	132	Guestbook	221
Photos	2,553	Forum Posts	1411

[photo=9022065]

[blogger=23681]

[photo=9022065]

[blog=932774]

[blogger=23681]

Top Photos Trips (5)Blog Map

7th December 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Vientiane
We were there while the boat festival was going on and the city was backed. It was fantastic.

Tot: 0.028s; Tpl: 0.004s; cc: 5; qc: 6; dbt: 0.0075s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1mb