Category: South East Asia

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

16th – 18th January 2015 We took a two hour ferry journey from Phi Phi to Phuket. We needed to visit a Thai immigration office to find out the definitive information regarding a Thai visa extension should we need it. Read More …

13th – 16th January 2015 We caught a ferry from Koh Lanta to Koh Phi Phi Don, just one and a half hours away across calm seas. It wasn’t far away but it had a very different feel to Koh Read More …