Rai Valley

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Cathy and John finally begin their great adventure! After a slight delay and missing, or rather postponing, the phase one part of our great adventure - Turkey - we are finally on our way! The basic plan: India, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, ...

Hi! Welcome to our travel log detailing our adventures around the world in 2005-6. We're doing a combination of tourism, "adventure" travel, church mission, and science work for about a year, starting Sep 28, 2005.

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I set course on a trip around the world with no real goal other than having fun, enjoying life and probing for business opportunities while I'm at it. I have the oportunity of traveling with no constraint whatsoever. No deadline, no health restriction, no ...

Hi Everyone, This is a travelogue of our trip around the world. We are heading to South America, Australia, South East Asia, China, India, Eastern Europe and Africa. I hope you enjoy reading about our trip almost as much as we enjoy actually going on ...

... a special room for me and Melissa to sleep in so we could be together (built on the side of a hill with fabulous views across the valley below and he was very hospitable. He cooked us a big tasty meal in the evening and made us feel at ease and at home. ...

... one is already way too long... sorry!). the cave is set in one of the occasional outcrops which rise out of the very flat valley floor. it is entered up a series of steps, and once inside you are faced by the traditional buddha statue and shrine. around ...

... to do a one day trek the next day. I got my own bungalow for 5 pund with a balcony and an amazing view of the valley and the tea plantations. The trek was great, some great scenery, lots of walking and the guide was a local tribesman called Achoo, great ...

... us.  Our view from the bungalows was fantastic.  We walked out the front door and had a view of a long stretching green valley leading up to some mountains in the distance.  We spent an hour or so just sitting, enjoying the view, and ...

... ,where i caught an amazing sunset  and a great view of the town, which is tucked within a lovely mountainous valley. the food here in mae hong son was fantastic,cheap and plenty of veggie stuff. i really only now eat from street ...

... especially the villages. On route back, we also stopped at an orchid and butterfly farm, a hill-top temple overlooking a village in the valley, a cave, and had a quick bite to eat. By the time I got back Norm had almost completed his book (novel) and was ...

... fields on the hillsides. We stopped for tea at the Akha tribe village, in a stilted house with a fantastic view over a valley. I should add that it was aboout 36 degrees, and the uphill walking was pretty hard going. This made the final destination, a ...

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... December Nicola suffering this morning so P decides to go golfing. Receptionist books tee time for 1.09pm. Tuk-tuk 15kms to Green Valley Golf Club. Join Canadian fellow called Garry Cooper and play quite well (81 gross). Join 2 Japanese men for last 3 ...

... (Ton Sai is flanked by limestone cliffs creating a little private piece of jungle and sand in a half bowl shape). Well, no Green Valley Resort up here, but I figured since I'd come this far that i might as well hike the full distance around to Rai ...

... very slippery and I was totally upended into the water. A bit embarressing but funny afterwards. In late afternoon I drove back down the valley to the Tha Pai hot springs. I passed a couple of places offering elephant rides. At one, two elephants were ...

... of many washings, which caused her brow to furrow. ) On the plane, I find myself seated next to Inspector Clousseau's Valley Wife, whom I have not really spoken with yet. ( I started calling her Valley Wife after observing that her reaction to just ...

... green tea and we relaxed, breathing in the fresh mountain air. Neither of us wanted to leave. Our next stop was just over the valley ridge where the rest of the Lahu village was located. We were shown around various homes to see how they lived and were ...