Hitting the beach in Gili Air, Indonesia When travelling for 1 year it's inevitable that plans never quite go to plan, we should of know that trouble always comes in 3s and after losing our bags in Kathmandu we should of known something else was going to happen. When we were in Legoland, Mount Rinjani on Lombok had started to spew ash into the air closing both Bali and Lombok airport (Lombok was our next stop). By the time we had left Annie's in Singapore to dri...

Meeting the Keffords in Singapore by Edwina Our time in Singapore was a welcome change to our routine with no early starts, homecooked meals and feeling like we didn't have to be on tour. The main reason for our visit to Singapore was to spend some time with a very old friend, her husband and children. The last time we had seen Annie and Will was 9 years ago and now we both had three children each of similar ages. We went to school to meet Annie's children an...

Relaxing in Kuala Lumpur and Legoland, Malaysia I'm glad Kuala Lumpur wasn't our first stop. It is very westernised, with lots of shopping areas and brands we recognize like H&M, Tesco, Marks and Spencer's, not to mention all the usual fast food giants. And, much to the kids' delight, a theme parks. After five weeks in Nepal and India, I'd be lying if I didn't admit that it was a welcome change to stay in a nice hotel, tuck into a buffet breakfast, relax by...

Chitwan, Bandipur and spotting rhinos in Nepal After an uneventful stop in Bandipur (well except for New Zealand beating South Africa in the rugby world cup semi final) we proceeded to Chitwan National Park. In the afternoon we went on a Thrau village walk, I initially thought this would be some type of tourist village but it was refreshing to be walking through a genuine traditional village, we continued on our walk to an elephant sanctuary and got to see some...

Trekking in Annapurna Park, Pokhara, Nepal and Maddalenas birthday We absolutely loved our time in Kathmandu it gave us a good insight into the Nepalese culture and religion but we are not city people and we were glad to be leaving to explore a more rural side to Nepal. The drive to Pokhara was 6 hours and half way we had planned to stop for white-water rafting and lunch. When we arrived at the rafting stop we were shown into a rundown building to get ready. I s...