Hello people! Yes, we're still alive! Apologies that it's taken me a while to update the blog. We got to a beach and I completely lost the ability to do anything other than eat, sleep, sunbathe and read (except wash our clothes - I'm sure the poor lady in the launderette is still recovering!) And then when I could be arsed, I suffered an extremely slow web connection as I was trying to label the KL pics and then the website was closed for editing for maintenance,...

Siem Reap & The Temples of Angkor, 18th - 26th May And so to Cambodia, which was yet another culture shock. Arrival at the Siem Reap Airport was like stepping into another world after Luang Prabang - it is a clean, modern airport, well laid out and all the staff speak excellent English. Plus the Cambodian sense of humour is immediately obvious as the line of 15 Cambodians issuing visas pass your passport along, each one looking at you and laughing! But outsi...

Luang Prabang, 10th - 18th May As the plane came in to land at Luang Prabang we could only see dense forest-covered mountains, a huge muddy-brown river winding amongst them, perhaps the odd settlement. And then this tiny town - was that it? Yes, Luang Prabang may have UNESCO World Heritage status, but it is little more than a tiny town. But a very special one, and one often referred to as the best-preserved traditional city in Southeast Asia. Our initial impress...

Hello everybody! I've just uploaded our pics from Chiang Mai and will return within the next couple of days to label them and write the blog properly (now updated - see below). But while I'm here I just want to say a huge happy birthday to my big (old) sister who has just turned 36!!!!!!! We're actually now in Laos, having flown in yesterday and I'm just about to take her for a lovely long massage (while I'm there I may have to have one too!) and then we shall ha...

Hello everybody! Welcome to Thailand! You know it's only been a few days and already New Zealand seems a distant memory. In these few days we've experienced our first Thai scam, had the Bangkok trots, had a couple of terrifying taxi journeys, seen the wealthy side of Bangkok, seen the slums of Bangkok, done a little shopping and got a night bus to Chiang Mai experiencing some pretty rough toilets en route! Now, this is our first trip to SE Asia and probably the ...