Here is just a snippet of Part 1 of our wonderful wedding. We originally planned to get married in Thailand but after my mother in law was diagnosed with cancer in September we decided to bring forward the official ceremony so she could be there. In 6 weeks, we planned and pulled off a fantastic and simple (and cheap) wedding. My parents were able to fly down from Queensland and my son made it from Adelaide so the day could not have been any more perfect. The day started out with checking into Colhurst House (a beautiful bed and breakfast) where my new husband and I would spend the night. I spent time there with my parents and Todd’s 9 year old daughter who was my bridesmaid. Todd’s Mum Jenny came during the morning to also ... read more

We were sad to leave Cambodia, it had completely won Todd’s heart and he was dying to go back before we even made it across the border. We had decided to do the overland trip to Bangkok from Siem Reap. We booked a taxi to take us to the border. Once at the border we loaded up with our backpacks and walked across the border relatively easy, stopping on the other side for a toilet and coffee. We made it to the bus stop just as the bus was about to leave, and while Todd jumped on the bus I quickly ran into the local 7/11 to grab some drinks and snacks for the road. The bus eventually stopped halfway for a meal break and we grabbed some random takeaway dishes and a big bag of ... read more

Arriving in Siem Reap it was already dark so we got a tuktuk to our accommodation. I had bagged a bargain on Groupon for La Residence Blanc D’Angkor. According to its website the rooms were usually around the $150 a night and we had got it for about $50 a night. Probably should have been a warning sign. Upon arriving we were disappointed in our initial impression. The grass was overgrown in the garden and the reception/breakfast area was quite cheap looking. Even to the point of having white laminated tables with cigarette burns… We were shown to our room and thought the pool looked nice lit up at night… The room was quite ‘trendy’ looking with polished concrete floors and a huge bathroom however the floor felt quite dirty underfoot and we had two really ... read more

So May 2015 was my beautiful fiancé's first experience of Asia. Our plan was Kuala Lumpur for a couple of days followed by Cambodia and Thailand. We arrived in Kuala Lumpur after a long trip from Mount Gambier to Melbourne by car then a 9 hour flight. We caught a train from the airport into Sahabat Guesthouse at Bukit Bintang and spent our first day exploring despite being exhausted. It was Todds first train ride in almost 30 years! LolWe freshened up at the Guesthouse before heading off for lunch at my all time favourite Dragon-i in Pavillion Shopping centre. With our eyes bigger than our stomach we overordered and ate until we almost burst. Afterwards we went shopping. I stopped in at Sephora and started shopping up a storm. Being overtired I completely stuffed up ... read more

I woke up the next morning still feeling off colour and decided to not tour Jodhpur with Brandon and Tayla. I decided some time in bed might do me good. I had breakfast on the roof, admiring the view of theBlueCity in the distance before retreating to the comfort of my bed for the day. I was still feeling quite homesick, but started freaking out about my change of heart the night before when I booked flights to go home early, and after deciding I could do this solo travel thing, I changed my flights back to a later date (another $150 down the drain)! I was feeling quite anxious and full of indecision but put it down to being off-colour. When Tayla and Brandon got back to the guesthouse late that afternoon they told me ... read more