Phew, where to start? Our day of Temple visits in Siem Reap was extrordinary. We visited about 4 or 5 different temples over the course of the day and they were fantastic! We visited the Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom, Ta Prohm (aka Tombraider temple), Bayon, Ta Keo and the Terrace of the Elephants. Each temple is surprisingly different given they were completed at around the same time. Well most of them at least. Ta Prohm is where Tombraider was set and is really qu...

Phew! It is HOT! 35+ today apparently and I am sat in a glass room with 2 old desktop computers which run permanantly, no windows and a ceiling fan stuck on high which is circulating the heat. Comfy? Not really, so this is going to be a short one. Travelled from Thailand (Bangkok) to Cambodia yesterday. This was a welcome idea after the tour leader told us that Thailland is experiencing a heat wave and it was to get to 39 that day. We had an air conditioned van ...

First Blog, slightly nerve-racking given I am no Dickens or Shakespeare. Have landed in Auckland with most of my worldly possessions all stuffed into a pack. It's bloody heavy and I am all too aware that I have to lug it around for the next 5 months! So, a proper sort out of what is in it, is required. Sorting the chaff from the wheat, as it were. Had a few issues prior to departure yesterday. I went and picked up the last of my travel documents and in passing ...

First Blog, slightly nerve-racking given I am no Dickens or Shakespeare. Have landed in Auckland with most of my worldly possessions all stuffed into a pack. It's bloody heavy and I am all too aware that I have to lug it around for the next 5 months! So, a proper sort out of what is in it, is required. Sorting the chaff from the wheat, as it were. Had a few issues prior to departure yesterday. I went and picked up the last of my travel documents and in passing ...

First Blog, slightly nerve-racking given I am no Dickens or Shakespeare. Have landed in Auckland with most of my worldly possessions all stuffed into a pack. It's bloody heavy and I am all too aware that I have to lug it around for the next 5 months! So, a proper sort out of what is in it, is required. Sorting the chaff from the wheat, as it were. Had a few issues prior to departure yesterday. I went and picked up the last of my travel documents and in passing ...