Mandy and Glen Rees, Author at Feel the Fear and Backpack Anyway

Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim Cher-ee – Marshfield – March 2021

Posted onApril 23, 2021April 24, 2021AuthorMandy and Glen Rees3 Comments

Spring has sprung. Weir Pool frog nursery has opened 🐸 4th March 2021, and a year since we flew back from India to the UK. At the time the UK had a grand total of 55 cases of coronavirus. A Read More …

From two jobs and two washing lines to no jobs, a piece of string and a few pegs. Here we go again! Mandy’s first blog 2019.

Posted onAugust 23, 2019September 4, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees40 Comments

If this website and blog were to be named after Glen’s traits it would be called “Have a plan Stan!” Or “Love your family and do it anyway” the fear bit is my ‘thing’ sadly. Glen is a meticulous travel Read More …

Graffiti and Street Art in Asia and India

Posted onFebruary 18, 2015February 10, 2021AuthorMandy and Glen Rees2 Comments

Mandy: 7th October 2014 – 18th February 2015 During the first half of our Gap Year (15th April – 31st Oct 2013) I was obsessed with taking photos of washing but this time I seemed to be drawn (excuse the Read More …

Insects and wing ‘ed’ things – Asia

Posted onFebruary 18, 2015February 10, 2021AuthorMandy and Glen Rees1 Comment

Mandy: 7th October 2014 – 18th February 2015 Glen spotted this unusual little creature which we thought was a tiny piece of twig until it suddenly started to move. We were sat on our balcony amongst the trees in Kep, Read More …

Udaipur, Rajasthan – India

Posted onFebruary 18, 2015February 10, 2021AuthorMandy and Glen Rees2 Comments

Mandy: 14th – 18th February We made our way to the train station in plenty of time and sat on a bench alongside our backpacks. People stared at us like we were famous, no actually it was like we were Read More …

Pushkar, Rajasthan – ‘The Holy Lake’

Posted onFebruary 16, 2015June 11, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees5 Comments

Mandy: 11th – 14th February 2015 Pushkar is a cross between what I imagine Afghanistan to be like, a Greek hillside village and a Longleat drive through enclosure. We saw the most tourists and white people there than anywhere else Read More …

Jaipur, Rajasthan – ‘The Pink City’

Posted onFebruary 14, 2015July 30, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees1 Comment

Mandy: 7th – 11th February 2015 We set our alarms for 5.30am and left our hotel in the dark to catch the 7.15am train to Jaipur. There were a few stalls open on the platform but most of the stall Read More …

Agra, Uttar Pradesh

Posted onFebruary 9, 2015August 25, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees5 Comments

Mandy: 4th – 7th February 2015 As I sit on the train from Delhi to Agra typing these notes for the blog I just want to share with you the fact that there is a feint sweet unpleasant smell in Read More …

Holy Cow! We had arrived in India and didn’t we know it.

Posted onFebruary 7, 2015August 25, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen Rees7 Comments

Mandy: 30th January – 4th February 2015 It may only have been a four and a half hour flight from Bangkok to Delhi but what a different place. We boarded the ‘plane and noticed that it was full of Indians, Read More …

Bangkok revisited

Posted onFebruary 2, 2015June 11, 2019AuthorMandy and Glen ReesLeave a comment

Mandy: 18th – 30th January 2015 We travelled 85km north of Bangkok to Ayutthaya the ancient Siamese capital. Founded in 1350 it was the ideal location between China, India and Malaysia making Ayutthaya the trading capital of Asia and even Read More …