Luang Prabang! An absolute pleasure. Steeped in history but has also managed to preserve itself with unimaginable pride and dignity. The curfew for tourists is 12pm, don't be late! The streets are lined with small cafes and restaurants who's tables dominate the sidewalks . Young and old sit on cobbled streets and smoke cigarettes and drink red wine. Baguettes and crepes are on offer all over the town and are of a proper quality. This is a place one could get used...

So the train journey from Bangkok to Chiang Mai was great and we arrived feeling relatively refreshed and ready to go. We then got swarmed by a million tuk tuk drivers and taxi owners who wanted us to stay in their hotels but fortunately we already had accommodation lined up otherwise who knows where we would have ended up. Chiang Mai is a fascinating old city and is a lot easier to navigate than Bangkok.We stayed in the "old city" which is completely surrounded ...

Where does one start! Bangkok has been an amazing experience in so many ways. Firstly we realised how unfit we were and secondly what a protected life we had both been living for the past two and a half years. As a tourist your success in Bangkok is measured on your knowledge of how things work? Taxis, tuk-tuk's and scooters can literally defy the laws of "taking the piss"! After a few miss haps we've got the hang of things. Don't take "set rate" taxis. Only ride...

Bangkok!! I really don't believe there's a short description for how this city really is! We've been in sleepy Daylesford for the past two and a half years and walking into Bangkok today was, lets just say, levelling! After landing we sorted out some bits and pieces at the airport then got a taxi to our hotel. Our cab driver was obviously not having a great day because I thought he was going to throw us out half way there. He was like an angry bird straight out o...

So the preparations for our South East Asian adventure has begun!! Today we headed off to sailors falls just outside Daylesford for a short walk. We didnt fill the packs too much as we both have the fitness of 90 year olds at the moment (no offense oldies we love you). About 2 minutes into the walk we met a South African couple from Durban who have been living in Perth for the past 22 years. They were very curios as to why 2 people were carying so much stuff for ...