So, our last journey out of Laos and into Thailand has been a two day cruise down the river. We set off early after seeing the monks on Tuesday morning aboard our private slow boat. It could easily have sat 40 people but it would have been very uncomfortable. We were only 10 so had plenty of room to spread out and each tried to catch up on some sleep. We did have an early stop off though at a local whisky village where we saw how the drink moonshine or Lao Lao w...

My last duo blog as Nicci went home last night so I am now flying solo :-( We arrived in Koh Phangan on Sunday and conveniently Sunday was the day of the next half moon party. Phangan is famous for it's wild full moon parties which have been running since the 80's. Thousands of party goers flock to the beach and party all night long once a month. Given the popularity, there are now parties for every phase of the moon it seems, half moon twice a month, black moon...

So many Thailand tales to tell already! Our flight eventually got called at Sydney airport so we boarded etc. Once we were on the plane and settled I realised that my chair wasn't reclining. I mentioned this to one of the stewards who took a look to fix it but unfortunately they couldn't and the flight was full so I couldn't even move. It wasn't an overnight flight so it wasn't too bad but the free, expensive bottle of champagne they gave me to say sorry certainl...