Day 94- 109 18th March to 3rd April It was exciting times ahead to know that Karla and Kate were coming to meet me in Bali. This would be a holiday for me since Vietnam rather than 'travelling'. Although there was a mess up with Karlas airport transfer and she had to wait for me for 2 hours it was lovely to see her waiting for me as a surprise at arrivals. This is the only time it has happened with all the airports I've been through. We went out for a meal in S...

Adventures in Borneo Day 79 to 93 3rd March to 18th March Ok, so I may be getting a bit behind on keeping you all up to date on my adventures. I will try and get Vietnam, Malaysia and Bali up to date at some point. I am now in Oz so I'm sure there will be plenty of time to kill on long bus journeys. Borneo, what can I say? An actioned packed 2 weeks that's for sure. I had a couple of days to kill in Kota Kinabalu before my intrepid tour started. If I thought...

Siem Reap Day 36 and 37. Crossing the border was an experience.... It cost $35 but it basically costs as much as they feel like charging that day. I had to stand outside a hut and hold my passport under a blacked out window and wait for someone to take it, which after a while they did. It was a 10 hour drive to Siem Reap which felt longer as the road had been washed away in the last wet season. The landscape was not as pretty as Laos and we saw a lot of woodl...

Last Days in Laos Viva Vang Vieng Day 21 to 25 An early departure from Luang Prabang and unfortunately we didn't see the monks receiving their sticky rice from the townspeople. This is how they get their food but they can only eat up to the hour of 12 midday. The bus journey to Vang Vieng was an adventure in 2 ways. 1) bumpiest road yet 2) winding steep roads up over the mountains. If there had been snow it may have felt like a Sound of Music moment. However...

Days 17 to 21 New Years Day we were booked on a tour to learn about sticky rice at The Living Land, working farm. When we arrived and we were all given a traditional bamboo hat to wear and I thought oh no this is going to be a really awful tacky experience. How wrong I was. It was really interesting and fascinating to see how sticky rice is made and see all the man made tools for the entire process. If there is ever a Y2K then I want to be in Laos they can prett...