Hello!! After the worst bus journey of my life we made it to Hanoi in Vietnam! Yes it was bumpy, long, uncomfortable and dangerous with the threat of broken glass falling in on me, but hey, isn't that what everyone tells you bus journeys are like in Asia?! Vietnam is a great city. Incredibly noisy, busy, hot and dirty but what we needed after a week or so in rural Lao. The best and most exciting way to get around is by motorbike taxi- the city is just full of m...

Hey all!! Northern Laos has been great, with plenty of opportunity for admiring the views on the various boats, buses, songthews and bikes we've taken on our way to the border with Vietnam! On the songthews we've learn about the brestfeeding techniques of tribal people (one for George), how to fit 20 chickens into a bag, what happens when someone spits out of the window and has a bad aim, and just how travel sick children can get! I used to think sticky rice ...

Hello! I survived the 2 day Mekong River Trip and am now in Luang Prabang, Laos. Lots of French influence here, so we've been enjoying baguettes and strong coffee for a while! Hopefully off on another river trip up North tomorrow to the land where electricity only comes on between 6-10pm. Thats if there are enough people who want to go there, otherwise it doesn't run. Good excuse to get the Petzel torches out again and look like real explorers though! Destinat...

Things to love about Chiang Mai: Black Cannon Coffee House Porn Ping Tower (just the name, its quite a dive!!) Wawee Coffee House Cool Markets Rendevous at the Art Cafe Jewelery Shops Food. Pad Thai, Kao Soi, mango and sticky rice!!

Hello All! Well I made it through the CELTA course! I can now make a bold claim to be able to teach, hmm! There were a couple of wobbly moments and I took up smoking for a few days to beat the stress, but those days over, time for alcohol!!   Bizarrely enough my sister gave up smoking on exactly the same day I succumed to it and burnt my eyelashes trying to get my first nicotine fix!!   Luckily it was only witnessed by the catfish, but I'm sure I saw...