It was, of course, a cold wet journey kayaking, we went under twice and the rapids weren't even that big, even the golden oldie Australians on the trip with is only went over once! It was still good fun and the scenery and surroundings were amazing, the guides also did an amazing job making us barbeque skewers for lunch, plus it was better than being on the road for 4 hours. We did still endure 2 in an uncomfortable local Tuktuk to take us from the river to the...

...What better way to start a new chapter in the travelling journal than with a 27 hour bus journey, stopping regularly to load up with "extras"! By this I mean a large collection of Lacoste polo shirts coming through the window and hidden underneath the back seats, a huge quantity of mattresses strapped on top, plus cooking equipment inside, chickens, stowaways with no seats and a few boxes of "lemon"- no one worked out what exactly was in those but whatever it...