Day 12 The sun was still absent as we woke up to a grey sky. We decided to head to the native animal sanctuary that we had seen on the way to the campsite. As we got in it was apparent that it was more of a native zoo than a sanctuary as they hardly rescued animal. We started our visit with a train ride that lasted five minutes (Martin and I were the only people without children). After the train we were met by one of the keepers who took us around the place sh...

Day 1 After a bit of a slow start, we decided that today would start with how all major travelling trips should start, with a trip to the very Australian shop Ikea!Taking the tram out (bunking the train as the machine didn't work!), we arrived at the familiar blue and yellow building, which having walked round, is extremely similar to the Croydon layout one with the exception of size.We were there to get a few bits to make the camper, which we pick up on Monday,...

Day 1 Sydney Airport Tas Landing at 6:30 am into Sydney from Bangkok, having had about 2 hours sleep on the plane and our body clocks saying that it was currently 2:30am, meant that 6 hour wait for the only flight to Hobart was a very long one. Made even worse by the seats in the airport that all had arm rests and didn’t make for a place you could lie out on. So we sat and waited! Got to Hobart and headed over to the hostel. At $69 (aud) this place was st...

SORRY IT's BEEN SOOOO LONG. HERE's THAILAND Bangkok Day 1 Our first day and still neither of us felt right still.Today, Margareta and Sixten came to join us and we were hoping that we'd feel better so we could enjoy the sweets that they were bringing but no such luck.It feels like a waste when you're in a place and you want to be out doing stuff but you can't as you are totally wiped out. By the time Margareta and Sixten had got to the hotel, had their welcom...

Vang Vieng - Luang Prabang Day 5 Today was another moving day.We had shopped around after learning that we had paid more for the trip to Vang Vieng and got our hotel to match a town price for a minivan to Luang Prabang today, so we were picked up and taken to it at 8am.The van was to take 5 hours and we'd seen plenty of Toyota Hiace's around so assumed that's what it would be.Nope.We got a bus - granted, a smaller one but still a bus.The Laos way….. Anyway, t...