Merry Christmas everyone! We've made it to Australia safe and sound from Bangkok and we're now in Adelaide at Joanne's house (my big sis for those who don't know!). The weather is really warm here and we've been in the pool and had a bbq washed down with a few cold ones in typical Aussie style. It's nice to be here after 4 months in Asia - no bartering, being ushered into tailor shops, tuk tuk drivers and street sellers, and rules on the road! We really enjoye...

Hi all, we're back in Bangkok and on our last night in Asia. We fly to Australia tomorrow for Christmas in Adelaide which we're both looking forward to. It feels strange for us not to be in England for Christmas and it will be a lot harder for Catherine than it will for me. We've spent our last day bargain hunting at the Chatuchak weekend market, and our last evening will be spent boozing it up on Khao San Road and toasting 4 months of succesful travelling aroun...

Hi all, a lot has happened since our last blog. We went to Angkor Wat which was good but our advice would be don't start at sunrise! It's not that spectacular and you end up too tired by midday to see anymore. Sunset would definitely be the best way to see the main temple. From Siem Reap we went to the south coast of Cambodia and stayed at Sihanoukville in a bungalow on the beach. We really enjoyed it down there as the weather was really warm, the beach was reall...

We're now in Siem Reap in Cambodia after spending a few days in the capital Phnom Penh. Our bus journey from Vietnam was fine and went very smoothly. We both couldn't believe how expensive Phnom Penh was, given it isn't the finest of capitals we've seen so far. The area around the Tonle Sap river was where we stayed, and the riverside bars and places to eat were ok but you couldn't actually see the river for construction work. The weather was really warm and we s...

We've come to the end of our time in Vietnam and it's certainly been a mixed bag. We've seen some great places but the weather has been so on and off that it's put a slight downer on an otherwise great place. The biggest disappointment was having to miss Hanoi, and therefore Halong Bay, because of the floods and heavy rain. However, everywhere we've been has been hit by heavy rain at some point so it must be we were either unlucky or visited at the wrong time. Ei...