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So I have found my limit of not wanting to rent a bicycle or moped. We arrived in Phonm Penh on Friday afternoon and took our lives in our hands walking about 1.5km. The pavements are filled with parked cars, Read more…

Stop the press! There is big news – we wore our jackets for at least 10 minutes the other day!!!!!! We went up the Bokor Mountain to the old abandoned colonial Hill Station and going up through the hill mist Read more…

We have taken a fast craft (1 hour) to the very north of Koh Rong Samloem (the smaller island to the very popular Koh Rong) and are staying at the rustic Sunset Bungalows (very aptly named). In this part of Read more…

We made our way to Otres Beach 2 which is a small part of the Sihanoukville area that thankfully hasn’t yet been developed by the locals and Chinese. We found some locally owned bungalows and a little strip of maybe Read more…

Everywhere we travel we always seem to find food that we love and Cambodia is proving to be no exception. I love the salads (green mango and banana flower salad), Pete loves the Cambodian curry (a bit like a thai Read more…

Today we decided to rent bicycles and cycle out to some of the further away temples. To do this we had to go past Angkor Wat again – more photos ! To get out before the worst heat of the Read more…

If you know Pete, you will well know that he has rarely ever seen a sunrise (more often on the way home from a club than at the start of a day) so yesterday was a miracle. We left out Read more…

So after a 12 hour bus journey (supposed to be 6 hours) from Laos where our driver took 3 extra locals and drove sharing his seat with a young lad (eek!), we arrived in Siem Reap. After I had been Read more…

So we thought the instructions for tubing were “light” but for kayaking they were equally lacking. The guide did say “Man must go at back” as Pete got in the front of our kayak but Pete told him I was Read more…

Some days it has been 39 degrees here and on the 4,0000 Islands (we stayed on Don Det) there was no breeze. The best way to stay cool is to get into the water (The Mekong River). So first we Read more…

Around all the backpacker accommodation you see adverts for VIP transfers by air conditioned express mini vans. This can include the changes in transport required to get you to the popular tourist destinations. Happy days! The downside …… hmm, where Read more…

We have loved seeing and enjoying a more simple way of life here in Laos. People go to bed when it is dark (unless a wedding or karaoke leads them very much astray) and get up when the cockerals crow. Read more…

So after much deliberation it seemed the best way to get to the 4,000 Islands was to get a sleeper bus to Paxse which left sometime between midnight and 1am. The guy at Wang Wang guesthouse said kindly if we Read more…

With the locals singing karaoke (badly) late last night, an early start wasn’t looking likely. So we chilled, had a late breakfast and headed off towards Tha Khaek. Some great twisty roads and sights to see. We kept passing the Read more…

So The Loop is an anti-clockwise route but the last third of the route (145km) back to Tha Khaek is along a busy highway . Having been on a bus hurtling along that road, beeping and swerving around everything in Read more…

The day started with a great kayak (and free!!!!) on the lake (450 sq miles of it resulting from the huge dam). As you can see there are lots of trees now under water and dying. We then jumped back Read more…

Today we rented a moped for 4 days and set off on The Tha Khaek Loop. It is a 550km loop from Tha Khaek out into rural Laos, close to the Vietnam border but through a lush landscape interspersed with Read more…

So as to not pile on the pounds while travelling, Pete and I packed running kit and trainers. I managed a couple of hill repeats in Thailand but was concentrating on daily yoga more while Pete was getting over his Read more…

And the miracle was …….. we were out sightseeing before 8.30am!!!!! If you know how much Pete loves mornings then you will understand this ground breaking news. We arrived from the “sleeper” bus at sunrise, went to our hotel had Read more…

To get to Vientiane we decided a VIP Sleeper Bus may be the best option leaving at 8.30pm and taking about 9 hours (depending how cloudy it is in the mountains apparently). After a few false starts of being sent Read more…

A stormy morning view from our guesthouse (A Tee Guesthouse) Kuang Si waterfall Moon bears at Kuang Si Sanctuary Stunning! My favourite yoga location Water buffalo calves being fed Just like a cow (apparently) Feeding them napier grass Anything goes Read more…

So we tried a foot massage in Chiang Mai and a back, neck and shoulder massage in Pai and both were fab. I have discovered my tight spots (calves, traps and shoulders) and also had joints clicked that have never Read more…

Yesterday we hired some archaic bikes and cycled 2 miles to the start of a trail to a waterfall. The start of the trail began with a river crossing and in the 14km round trip we must have crossed the Read more…

So the great things about coming to N Thailand in the dry season are the lack of rain, the ability to explore caves and plentiful sunshine. The drawbacks are there is only a trickle water in the waterfalls or rivers Read more…