On the 9th of April Jess and I thought it was high time to do something with our lives. We were rudely awoken by our neighbours at 8am reminding us that the boat for Koh Phangan left at 9.30 and neither of us were packed yet. Not great when we'd each had about half an hours sleep on a bed covered in sour cream and onion pringles. I dragged mysel...

Updates: About a month or so we got a puppy from Mirror Foundation in Chiang Rai. We gave him to Vava for her birthday. She was bitten on her throat by a dog when she was younger and has had a fear of dogs, so we hope this helps her. The dog is called Dtuk Dtik and he is cute and fun but bites me too much. He is good and we like him. Kanchana is...

I'm working on a more extensive piece about the general situation in Thailand right now. There are actually a lot of crazy things, including, but not limited to: -one of the main political parties, Thai Rak Thai [Thais love Thais] was recently disbanded and its leaders' banned from politics because of election fraud. this comes on the heels of t...

Today I meet up with the rest of the Intrepid group with whom  I will spend the next four weeks. I check out of my room after breakfast and move to a twin room which I will share with a fellow female traveler. At the reception desk I hear the unmistakable tones of a west of Ireland man. Sure enough, it is a guy from Ennis, Co. Clare who is ...

so this is going to be my post sister visit posting.  wow what a different world it is when you are traveling around with a sibling.  the hotel upgrade in my life is enough to cause me to go into shock.  usually i judge a good room on whether or not it has a powerful fan and a toilet that can flush but the standards were defi...

Having spent enough time in Siem Reap it was time to head for Thailand and the journey on the road that Lonely Planet calls the 'road of broken bottoms' so it was with a little trapidation that we set off. Purchasing a ticket to get us all the way to Bangkok cost us $11 each which isn't too bad and so we set off. Prior to leaving we had been war...

Deciding time was too tight we have decided to skip Laos and concentrate on travelling around Vietnam but forgot to sort bloody VISA before we left Bangkok. So now we are back sorting it out and soon to head off to Cambodia. In the mean time have been to see the Reclining Buddha at Wat Po and the Royal Palace, shopped till dropped at the Weekend...

Got here yesterday afternoon (Thai time) and all was fine until stepping outside into the FEROCIOUSLY UNBEARABLE SWELTERING heat. In case I didn't emphasise that properly, it's bleedin roastin' here!! Not sunny heat, but close, humid, sticky, claustrophobic heat. Anyway, we'll get use to it. Staying in a nice hostel for 3 nights (3.50 a night) b...

Day 214 Sat 10th June 2006 Getting lost in the Bangkok shopping nightmare! I got up late today, it was after midday when I surfaced, had a really nice sleep, the beds in Soi 1 are really comfy, and the AC is very, very cold! I had a nice Aussie breakfast and then made my way to Chatuchack Market. I went there in search of a hat and to have a loo...

Ok, welcome to our webpage!! This is our first entry, We are leaving today for the year, thank god, get away from ye all for a while hehe! only kidding ( well for most of you's in anyways )!!!! ok, just quick message to make sure this works ok, we will try and update as much as possible. Ok better run have a 14 hour flight to catch, cant wait :(...