Flew to Bangkok to meet up with fellow GAdventures travellerers for our Indochina round trip. Spent the first day meeting up and re visiting many sites seen on previous visits. Took the overnight train to Chiang Mai where we climbed the 300 steps to Doi Suthep temple. The next day we visited the White Temple and crossed the border into Laos and boarded our traditional slow boat to travel down the Mekong over the next three days. At Luang Prabang we visited the Ku...

Despite adverse weather conditions in the UK we got away on time and without much inconvenience.It was a great surprise to see Alan(former work colleague) and Angela Byers at the Heathrow Boarding Gate who were travelling to Sydney for a family Xmas. Winter weather in Hong Kong suited us fine (21c) and in addition to visting sites we had seen around 10 years ago on our last vist we took cable car to Big Budda on Lantau Island, visited Heritage Museum in Northern...