Chris and Lisa's Guestbook

some tips?
Hey guys. You're having an amazing trip. If you're off to Chiang Mai, three tips for you, but expect you already know about them. Try a elephant mahout training course - a friend and I did a 3 day course and it was fab. http://www.changthai.com/mahout/three-day-mahout-training-course-most-popular/ Do a 1 or 2 day thai cookery course. Plenty to choose from and we did ours with Pad Thai Cookery School - it was brilliant. Mmmm, brings back memories of really good sticky mango rice and amazing pad thai. Also Pai north of Chiang Mai was lovely and laid back village for a bit of a chillax, and you can get amazing villas next to the river.... and do a trip to the hills and visit the local schools etc. Keep having fun! Jo x

Jungle Book
OMG...that looks like the best fun ever. Feeling all Tarzan and Jane just watching you!!

Cheaper than Oz/NZ!!!
Sorry, haven't been to Vietnam and China so have been reading your blogs with interest and not really able to comment on them. You're sure having a brilliant time and seeing loads. But Laos and Cambodia is another story. Same same but different - god that brings back such good memories, all these kids trying to sell the same things "same same but different!". The Islands are amazing and I completely understand why you were going to spend a couple of days there and ended up spending 5 - very easily done. The way of life there is so laid back it's horizontal! Accommodation's a lot cheaper than Oz and New Zealand hey?!!

Chris and Lisa, It is nice to see your blog. My family is going to visit Guilin on private tour. Know that you only eat bone for duck meal, that is terrible. I love China, beautiful country, but the customer service and the attitude of desire to earn money fast, worry me. Even before I start my trip, airfare seems like share market, it changes each day. I do not know can get train ticket. Do u think Li River is nice at late Nov and early Dec Anyhow, do not know you have been to Halong Bay, a nice place, we enjoy the trip there; try Sappa ; these are another place like Guilin, if you miss it...

Lisa and Chris, are you the same Lisa and Chris who travelled through Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and Sri Lanka about 10 years ago ?

I want one!
Awwww, how cuuuuuute!!! Why weren't you allowed to take pics of the baby ones? Glad you managed to steal on instead!

Hot, hot, hot!
Wow, you are so lucky to be off again, especially when we woke up to frost this morning! We have just got the flat back and have discovered that they got busted for growing and dealing drugs from here, oh joy! We are half way through cleaning and re-painting the whole flat, hey ho, at least it is clean and fresh for us now. We are on the hunt for jobs for which i have a few leads, so fingres crossed, but Liam lost his London Underground job (was not allowed to go back after the career break) due to all of the cuts going on, so is having a tough time of it! But on to some good news, we got Engaged and are due to marry next October down in Devon (as long as we get decent jobs!). Loving your blog still, carry on enjoying yourselves and thank you for allowing us to live our dreams through you. xx

sharky
Wow , looooks like an amazing place, Strange to see you guys only in pics so far away again..........could you pick up one of those dessicated sharks for us/ thought we could hang it up in the bathroom to create that seasise ambiance :-) p.s Chris , please be carefull with your internet usage ( you could have " big trouble in Little China ) let us know if Lisa finds Wun Hung Lo over there;-)

sharky
Wow , looooks like an amazing place, Strange to see you guys only in pics so far away again..........could you pick up one of those dessicated sharks for us/ thought we could hang it up in the bathroom to create that seasise ambiance :-) p.s Chris , please be carefull with your internet usage ( you could have " big trouble in Little China ) let us know if Lisa finds Wun Hung Lo over there;-)

Good Luck!
Good luck! How lovely to be escaping a) the winter b) the gloom about the economy and c) the need to be responsible for a while at least. Enjoy it all. Sheila

Round the World Part II
Roll on Thailand 2011!

I found your blog by accident. Anyway, thank you for highlighting the foul smell at Tanjung Aru Beach. I am residing in Kota Kinabalu and often heard the locals here complaining about the foul smell at the Beach. But as far as i am concern, nothing much has been done by the authority to rectify the problem. The locals here keep on complaining but it seems like their voice has fallen to a deaf ear. So, it is good to have a tourist like you to highlight it. Shame on the country? Indeed it is true..let me add more to it..Shame on the government.....i hope you at least have a memorable time here in Sabah. Thanks and visit us again....

Palm Trees
I have been looking for Palmtrees websites.Thank You for the info.