And now, the end is near… Final blog - Cambodia by Baz Unfortunately our requests for a rich benefactor to fund our continued travel have fallen on deaf ears.Surprising, as we have become minor global celebrities as a result of our exciting adventures and entertaining blogs and photos.Not quite as big as Madonna but certainly on a par with Jade Goody… well before her most recent career masterstroke.Reports of a follow-up book depicting our travels - "...

Heading South in Vietnam by Baz Our St Patricks day didn't turn out quite as dull as expected. We enjoyed a couple of beers in our Hotel as we waited for our overnight bus. Then the hotel owners pulled out a bottle of Rice Wine. We were warned in our guide book about this poteen-like substance, which can make you go blind. Well, I wasn't going to let a bit of blindness put me off so I accepted the invitation for a few glasses. It was a remarkably smooth dr...

Happy St Patricks Day from Vietnam Happy St Patricks Day to one and all. Unfortunately we will not be celebrating St Patricks day in the traditional way - pints in Maddens followed by a party at the Keenans and the inevitable comatose state. Rather, we will be spending the day in the Vietnamese city of Ninh Binh waiting for our 9.00pm bus. So what have we been up to over the last couple of weeks? We topped off our month in Thailand with a fantastic 10 days in C...

Thailand - Phuket Blues Festival and Chiang Mai by Baz After our brief experience of Thailands touristy Western Coast Islands we travelled to the Eastern Coast and Koh Phangan. There we spend 4 very relaxing nights which largely involved, reading, sunbathing, swimming, eating and drinking and playing frisbee; a real holiday within a holiday. Then it was back across to the East coast for a date wth the Phuket International Blues Festival. The journey to Phuket w...

Singapore, Malaysia and first steps into Thailand by Baz We were pleased to be leaving Bali and heading for the final leg of our journey.Singapore was the first stop.We only had 3 days there and it was a bit of a non-event really.We stayed in a simple hostel run by a lovely couple.They took us out one evening to see the Chinese New Year lights.However, the one thing that I will remember from Singapore is being woken up waking by rustling within a plastic bag a...