Life is quite simply wonderful....We've just had the most flavoursome thai beef chilli and red chicken curry ever (for a whooping 5 pounds !) after spending a beautiful day strolling amongst ancient temple ruins invaded by monkeys....We're in Lopburi, Thailand, and we're loving it !We've arrived in Asia about 2 weeks ago, landing first in Singapore.. The city was a gentle introduction to Asia : incredibly clean, all English-speaking, and very cosm...

G'day all !!!Sorry for not giving news of our whereabouts any sooner, but as you will have guessed it from seeing the pictures : yes we finally managed to get out of Queenstown ! We eventually worked our way through some snowy passes to reach the West Coast and we fortunately had enough time left to climb the beautiful Franz Josef glacier and walk around the Abel tasman park. A great way to finish New Zeland.It's now time for a long overdue blog update !!...

GET US OUT OF QUEENSTOWN !!!!!! We didn't think we would have time to update the blog during our NZ trip since it was a bit of a mad rush to tour the 2 islands in only 3 weeks. but as it happens, we're stuck in Queenstown because of a snow & ice storm, which resulted in all the roads being closed !! We've been here 3 days already, and by the look of it, we'll be here for another day or so.For a moment we thought it wouldn't be too bad...

It's a tragedy! A disaster ....We knew it would happen one day, and that day has eventually come. Yes, indeed, after 4 wonderful months we finally left South America ! I am heartbroken but Andy is ecstatic to have arrived in New Zealand, so it kind of balances off. On the plus side, I have just discovered that I only needed 4 min to upload 40 pictures on the STA site as opposed to the compulsory 2.5 hours that I got used to throughout South America. So all is...

Over the last week or so Andy killed a bird, made our hotel receptionist cry and had a row with a hippie. Now that's a good start to our Chilean trip !But let me go back in time and tell you about the tragic ending of that poor bird. Our first stop in Chile 5 days ago was in the little town of Puerto Varas. Nothing special to it apart from the huge snow capped volcano that overlooks it. A rather pretty sight. We only spent a day here but it was enough for And...