We have decided to check in again as we have managed to upload all of our photos! The internet here in Malaysia is a lot quicker than what we have experienced so far, therefore we have been able to upload approximately 700 photos each! We last left you in Koh Lanta where we enjoyed 3 days relaxing on the beach. Heather and I headed off in a packed minibus with Christian and Claire at 8.30, our destination, Satun. After an hours wait we finally managed to cross t...

In the last blog entry we didn't write a lot of detail about what we actually saw at the Laos elephant festival, so I thought I would fill you all in now... We arrived late afternoon on the Friday, to find what would normally be a quiet town buzzing with hundreds of Laotians who had all arrived on what looked like drag racers (a wooden cart with with the front two wheels about 2 metres in front, directed by long handle bars!). We were supprised to find that we w...

We havn't written on here for quite a while, mainly due to having very little internet access while we were working at an elephant park and then in Laos. So..... here's what we have been up to...........: Spent a few days exploring Bangkok; visiting temples, shopping centres, Khao San Road, the zoo, and went on a boat trip down the river. We had an enjoyable few days, but were very glad to leave the city and head North to Chiang Mai on an overnight train where w...

We have changed our itinerary from what we had planned... instead of heading to Laos from Vietnam, we decided to fly from Vietnam to Bangkok then go to Chiang Mai from there where we work in an elephant park. Then go to Laos overland from Chiang Mai. Arrived in Chiang Mai this morning on an overnight train from Bangkok... here's what we have done since Hoi An: From Hoi An, we took a sleeper bus heading to Hanoi. On the bus (which was much older than the last o...

Good Evening/Morning! We have not been keeping you all up to date with our adventures recently primarily because the internet connections in Vietnam are awful and the keyboards are not much better. Aside from that, we have been having a fantastic time and have been out doing so many things with lots of great people. We last left you in Mui Ne where we were waiting for the bus in Nha Trang. We arrived in the town late at night to find our hotel reservation ha...