We last left you some three weeks ago as we were due to depart Bangkok for Koh Tao on the Gulf of Thailand. The longer gap in updating the blog can only be excused by much needed relaxing and down time, and therefore, a relative lack of events. I think the last six months' hecticness had started to get to us, so a few weeks on low-season Thai Islands were just what the doctor ordered. The journey definitely rubber stamped that claim. On one of our last nights in...

Waking up in the northern border town of Chiang Khong, I think it was fair to say that neither Anne nor I were looking forward to the following two days travel and I think our feelings would have been exacerbated had we actually known what was in store for us. We had booked a 3 day journey to take us from Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, right through to Luang Prabang in north-central Laos. The journey consisted of a one-day mini bus tour to the border, which we ...

Just like on Koh Rong in Cambodia, we seemed to have difficult time leaving our second island of the trip and so after our previous instalment, we lazed around on Koh Chang for a further four days. Along with the standard island life of eating noodle soups and relaxing, we embarked on another fishing & snorkeling trip with Anniina, whom we met on Koh Rong & her friend Betty, along with Shaun's ex-workmate Melissa & her husband Jay. We'd already visite...

After 19 days in paradise, Anne and I decided that it was about time to advance onwards with our journey. If truth be told, we didn't feel that it was time to leave but the fact that our visa's were expiring in less than a week meant that it was imperative for us to return to civilisation and see the remaining sites in Cambodia, which had already been compromised in return for a few extra days on the island. On the morning that we left, we said our goodbyes to ...

Our mission for our time in Cambodia, as well as Shaun's birthday wish for the 24th February was to be on a beach, relaxing and allowing our long-travelled souls finally to catch up on now slightly weary bodies. However, there was a lot to see beside the coastline so after waking up early after a good night's sleep in the amazing 88 Backpacker's hostel and being picked up by Simon, our tuk-tuk driver for the day, our first taste of the country was the Phnom Pen...