Postcard 1 By the grace of God we are alive! We missed the tsunami by about 20 minutes. We were on our way to a church inland when it struck. We are so thankful to God for keeping us safe and for all your kind messages. Just to update you, we are still at the church which has been registered as an official rescue centre. There are many people with horrific injuries coming in, some not knowing if their family members are alive or dead. It has been physi...

Fine white sand, beautiful blue skies, endless warm sunshine, crystal clear waters, amazing snorkelling, the freshest of fruit juices, horse riding on the beach, dinner tables on the sand, fire dancers and cocktails by lantern-light in the evenings.... ....Wish you were here??? Hard to believe it is December!! More news to follow shortly..... love, Ru & the Bear xx

What do you know about Cambodia? Who remembers the Blue Peter appeal to help Cambodian children in the 1980's? We've only been here for 3 days, but already it's been such an education. We had little idea about the horror of the Khmer Rouge until we came here. Now we feel incredibly blessed to have been born in the West. We've both read the amazing autobiography of a girl the same age as us who survived the atrocities of Pol Pot's regime. If we'd been born over he...

We have loads of news from Vietnam so here is our journey, town by town... Hanoi Hanoi was great! We loved it. It was colourful and vibrant, bustling at all hours of the day and night. We stayed near a beautiful lake where people peacefully practiced Tai Chi surrounded by about 10 lanes of crazy motorbike drivers. We went to see a traditional water puppet show and got first class seats for one pound twenty - bargain! One morning we dragged ourselves o...

Hello from lovely Laos, our fifth country so far! We came across from Thailand on a two-day 'slow boat' down the Mekong River. The journey was amazing, with stunning scenery and good company. It was really relaxing to float along, chatting, reading and listening to a few tunes. By the time we reached Luang Prabang, we had made lots of new friends so we had a whole gang of mates to hang out with. By happy coincidence, we were there during one of the b...