Hi everyone. The overnight train got us to Chiang Mai at 7.00am and we had just enough time to get changed and showered before Hayley headed off to a Thai cookery school and Rose went shopping. The cookery class was amazing. Our instructor was a young Thai lady called Po. First of all she took us to the local market where we got some ingredients for the day and learnt out some of the Thai food. Then we went to the cooking school. We learnt how to cook, Pad Tha...

Hi everyone, So we're starting our Thai adventure in Bangkok. We landed at 8.00am in the morning on June 30th after a night of flying. We got to the hotel in spite of all the rush hour traffic heading into the city. We got our first glimpse of Bangkok through the safety of the taxi windows, it was exactly you would imagine, busy busy busy. As we couldn't check in until midday we had a walk down Khao San Road, where most of the backpackers head. We did a bit of s...

Hi everyone, Arrived in Darwin on Monday morning and Neil (a friend of the boys from Perth), who we are staying with picked us up from the airport. Monday was spent with an orientation around Darwin and a welcome drink by the harbour. All very civilised! The rest of the week has just involved getting stuff ready for Thailand, buying rucksacks, getting anti malarials, ordering money etc. We have also registered with some job agencies and being trying to suss ou...

Hi everyone, Well today we have been in WA for 4 months. I don't think either of us belived that we would stay this side of Australia for so long, but we have enjoyed every minute of it. Today is our last day on Broome time. We will be sad to leave Broome, because it is a lovely place to just come and chill, but a week is probably long enough. We have had a very relaxed week. Been on cable beach most days with people from the tour, catching up on our sun tans....

Day 10 Woke up early as the miners got ready for work. On the road by 8.30am for the last leg of our journey. After an hour we stopped at 80 Mile Beach, its a fishing beach and suprisingly is 80 miles long! We arrived in Broome around 3.30pm. It was a quick tour of the town and then we got dropped off at our hostel. We are staying in Cable Beach in a backpackers. cable beach is like a holiday resort. The hostel has a chilled out relaxed atmosphere - a very happ...