We awoke, at 5am, this morning to the rise and fall of a yammering monk (the kind with a shaved head, dressed in beautiful orange garb whose appearance belies a voice that could turn fairies to dust!) he lectured, chanted, welcomed the dawn and blessed the rain. Well, that's what I imagine he was doing... He could just as easily have been predicting the apocalypse or chastising me for not using enough repellant! (The bites on my ankles are huge) As a pit stop, (f...

Comida tipica de Sud America: This part of the blog Kelly has allowed me to write, as everyone knows Kelly's definition of daring food is eating both burger and bun in unison! Here are a few of the things that we ate and drank in South America, and before you ask I'm not sure which one of them was harbouring Kelly's parasite, but if it was done on a ratio basis it was more than likely a helado (ice cream) Empanadas- Deserve their own section as they are a stapl...

The land of milk and honey, the land of the free, paradise lost, heaven on earth: we've joined the hoards of people who've been lured from sleepy towns, desperate situations or plain idleness with dreams of exotic places, charismatic wanderers and adventure. Nearing the end of our journey (final continent anyway!) we've experienced all of those things but Thailand has brought, to the forefront of my mind, a few less welcome things too: 1. Travelling for a long ...

Another day, another continent. Where are we? The things our sluggish, and jetlagged, brains processed in the first 24 hours of arrival should give it away: More tricky street names (containing the word Jalang a lot), temperature pushing 40 degrees, scooters jostling each other for prime position at the traffic lights, shoes abandoned haphazardly on the pavement, very short people, garlands of flowers being sold from street shacks on wheels, pork nowhere to be fo...

We got bored of travelling all around the world so we thought we'd pop into Marple for a cup of tea and a yummy Easter cake with green icing. Yum yum, I think we'll come here again! Rebecca and Craig are awesome! x