Jungle Curry One of the best things about Thailand is the food. It is so ridiculously good but always harder to re-create at home. So being food lovers and keen cooks we decided to go to a cooking class. The course was at a place called Siem Rice. On our way we stopped off at a food market where we were shown all the local ingredients we would be using during our class. There were also some interesting sights such as fried chicken heads, fried worms, fried bu...

River Beach With only a couple of days left we decided to go somewhere relaxing. There were a few options but as soon as Alex heard the word beach in the title she was sold. This is the place that Dave, the owner, kept going on about because there was a 'Mega Jump' from a cliff. He took Rodney there a few days previously but as they were assessing the 'Mega Jump' from below, they were sent into s***-your-pants mode by an approaching snake! Luckily the snake did...

Odd Thai Cabbie We went to watch Dave in his local pool league match, a short tuk-tuk ride away. If they won, they'd be crowned champions for a 5th consecutive year. We had a few beers with him after he won and decided to call it a night. Upon leaving I declared that I knew the way back, after 20 minutes it was clear I didn't so we hailed a tuk-tuk. Unlike the tuk-tuk's in India, these are much faster and more powerful. Some have neon lights, flat screen t.v's...

Elephant, Elephant, ELEPHANT! Today was the day Alex had been dreaming of. Elephant day! A day where you get to touch, ride, feed, wash, play and maybe even do a cuddle with proper Elephants. Morally, I always feel a little bit uncomfortable about these animal excursions. We once rode an Elephant in Thailand but unfortunately it wasn't a very nice experience for the Elephant or us. With this in mind we did a bit of research and decided to go to a place that p...

Massages It's official, me plus massages equals weird awkward uncomfortableness . Example 1: Alex and I both went for an Ayruvedic Massage in India one day to help us relax after a tough day laying around on the beach. Now, in India, unlike Thailand, men massage men and women massage women, which I have no problem with, being a forward thinking modern man. So, booked our massages and sat down to wait for our respective masseurs which is all fairly routine stu...