Vientiane – The ambiguous capital
Vientiane is the quietest capital city I’ve ever been to but still has its little gems – sunset over the Mekong, many French cafes selling yummy food, and wide streets […]
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The Lonely Planet
I never knew that lonely planets books were so tasty! This was the result of a rat chewing through Emily’s bag in Vietnam and eating the Laos Lonely Planet. And […]
Northward bound – Entry into Laos
After arriving in Bangkok the previous week after a very long bus ride, we decided that we would fly to Laos and avoid a another good 12 hour bus trip. […]
On a single breath
While Emily was off on her open water and advanced courses, I decided to do my 2 day rescue divers course; conscious that in New Zealand we often dive without […]
Finding Nemo
Emily: I signed up to the SSI open water diving course over the next 3 days with Big Blue. Although the videos and pool skills were a bit tedious, it […]
Koh Tao – a holiday from our holiday
There is nothing like waking up at 4.30am and haggling with a taxi driver (or three). Bangkok was very much alive at this hour as we strode out of our […]
Wat’s, Markets and Khao San Rd – Its Bangkok time
We had a brief stop of only two nights in Bangkok which I found was enough. Bangkok is such a huge, incredibly busy city which made it seem quite impersonal […]
Journey into Thailand – The joys of boarders
For our trip to Bangkok, we went with the VIP express bus. Other companies (like the golden express VVIP – for very very important people) had minivans or big buses, […]
Wat shall we do today?
(I’m sitting in the sunset of Koh Tao, writing this blog and drinking banana lassi – bliss!) Up bright and early at 4.30am to catch the sunrise at Ankor Wat! […]
Angkor – Photos
Here are some more photos from our busy day at Angkor
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