Category: ‘Gap Year’

Glen: 4th October – Hue, Vietnam You know how the other day we were saying the people in Hanoi kept a straight face and didn’t smile or engage with us, (or each other) well we’ve now moved south to Hue, Read More …

Mandy: Wednesday 2nd/Thursday 3rd October The train rattled, jerked and creaked through the night and ensured that I woke every hour. I couldn’t help but sit up and look out the window each time. (Smile) The others never stirred. The Read More …

Mandy: 19th September – 2nd October Since I last wrote on the blog about Hanoi I found myself getting less irritated and more enamoured with it, and the people there. We loved our twelve days in the Old Quarter of Read More …

Glen: 30th September – Hanoi – Vietnam I went to the barbers today for the first time in twelve weeks! You may recall that the last time I went to have my hair cut there was a slight misunderstanding between Read More …

Glen : 28th and 29th September Sorry, but this is a self indulgent blog so that I can remember my fantastic Birthday weekend in Bai Tu Long Bay near Halong Bay, Vietnam. The Dragon’s Pearl wooden Junk Kayaking around the Read More …

Mandy: Tuesday 24th September   Do you remember the rhyme ‘ What are little boys made of? ‘ “…..Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dogs’ tails…..” Because I found myself dreaming about it last night for the first time since I Read More …

12th – 19th September Now we have left I can tell you that near to the city of Yogyakarta is Mount Merapi. Gunung Merapi (literally means Mountain of Fire in Indonesian/Javanese), it is an active Stratavolcano. It is the most Read More …

Mandy: 12th September Previous working title: BYE BYE BALI Published title: WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU MAKES YOU STRONGER We left our hotel and the caged Parrots and free birds (and Squirrels) in the trees behind in the early hours of Read More …

Thursday 5th September When we came across this elaborate pagoda style structure in the street along with the musicians setting up and people generally stood around dressed in traditional clothes each side of the street we thought there could be Read More …

Mandy: Wednesday 4th September We arrived back safely to Sanur on the speedboat despite the black sky and choppy crossing and decided to stay there for a while this time. We have seen a lot of Japanese tourists with surgical Read More …