Hi everyone, glad you like the blog - hope everyone at home is ok! So on Saturday we set off from Bangkok to Kanchanaburi. We had a bit of a nightmare in the taxi trying to find Thonburi Station where we got the train from. The taxi driver didn't speak or understand English, so after making various train noises and actions (think chooo chooo noises), we finally showed him a picture of a train and everything turned out ok. The train was third class, which was ...

Hi everyone, we're going to have to write this in the third person so we can both contribute - hope we don't sound stupid... So on Tuesday after months of saving, a week of goodbyes and a brilliant party, it was time to leave for Bangkok. Everyone was very emotional, but it was nice to have one last goodbye. The mood was picked up by Grandad Wilf and Grandad Les singing the Maori goodbye song! When we finally got through bag checking (we went in the longest q...

We have just over a month to go before we set off, so it's all getting rather exciting (and stressful). One idea I had (or should I say stole from other people that have been travelling) was to start a blog, so you guys can keep up to date with what we're up to. So if all is successful, the next post should be from Thailand! Lots of love, C xxx