Hi!  We have now been to Chaing Mai in northern Thailand.  It is Thailand's 2nd capital and the city is surrounded by a moat.  The best day we had here by far was a one day trek.  The day started with a long hard walk/climb up one of the mountains to the Mong hill tribe village, it was really hot even though it was only 8am in the morning.  It was pretty tough and a few people kept stopping and one even dropped out, but we did it, overtaking mo...

Hiya, finally able to update a few of our blog entries! Bangkok is very much a city, always busy, no matter how late you stay up or how early you are awake- there is always lots going on and loads of people around- I swear the local people don't sleep! We have been round all of the main sights of Bangkok- The Grand Palace, Wat Po (the leaning Budda) and the floating market.  The Grand Palace and Wat Po were the usual fun temple days for us- walking around in...

Hi! We are in Bangkok and it is hot hot hot! We haven't seen much yet but just wanted to add our destination so you all know where we are!  We will update soon. x

Hong Kong is fantastic- such an easy, clean contrast to China! China is a great place but it is very hard to communicate and getting from place to place is a huge effort- Hong Kong is so easy, and we needed that!The views from "The Peak" on Hong Kong Island are just as the image on here shows- amazing!We crammed a lot into the 2 days we had here- we stayed on mainland Kowloon (bars, restaraunts and?the famous Temple Street?night market)?and went to Hong...

Hey everyone!Sorry but there will be a lack of photos for a little while as the Thai computers don't seem to upload camera pics, I'm sure we will find one in a few days though.We had a great time in Beijing, took in all the sights, ate a lot of local food and mastered the art of chopstick eating!The Great Wall is an amazing sight, you can see for miles along it and it is unbelieveable how they managed to build something so huge all the way up in the mount...