We definitely felt much more refreshed this morning waking up to the sunlight creeping in through a crack in the curtains. In this mountainous region it was always refreshing in the morning which gives you a break from the brutal heat before midday hits. We enjoyed breakfast and unleashed the marmite again today, which gave that really nice 'home' feeling. We were debating leaving tomorrow but we had that feeling that we really wanted to explore things in the re...

The lesson learnt from previous nights was not to mix drinks, thankfully we stuck to that and the hangover was minimal. The noodles Laura bought me when she came in last night were a really good call I felt. She was quite tired when she woke up, eventually and I had already gone for breakfast. Whilst eating under the veranda area it started to rain quite hard. The sound of the rain drumming on the roof above me was relaxing. The rice soup and toast instantly made...

After meeting Kratos early we headed up the local pool after breakfast. It was around a 10 minute walk up the hill which thankfully had a relatively low gradient. The pool is a little complex consisting of an outdoor pool of 25 metre length, gym, table tennis facility, bar/restaurant and sunbathing area. Instead of loungers they had bamboo mats which were surprising comfortable considering the dehydrated, firm earth on which they laid. It took all of about five...

Kratos arrived nice and early this morning and joined us whilst we tucked into our complementary breakfast. We had the inspired idea of unleashing the marmite we had bought from Hong Kong, it had not seen the light of day for a while and I was bored with the taste of strawberry jam. Our intentions were to go on the bicycles today but the seemingly mammoth inclines around here was putting us off. After some deliberation, we took a stroll over the rickety bamboo br...

Laura had her best night sleep in ages and thankfully the morning was cool alongside the quiet fan which had been whirling all night. I checked the bathroom and there was no sign of any ants at all, always a bonus I guess. I turned on the shower and had a shock when the jet stream flew across the length of the room hitting the back wall. The shower was really powerful but unfortunately the holder that been set so the shower head angle was stupidly high. However L...