In order to explore the beauty of more Thai islands, Rich and I joined a day tour to take in the sights of Phi Phi Don, Phi Phi Lay and Khai islands. As we boarded our speedboat we realised that we were on a very popular tour. There was just us and around fifty other […]
Read more "Island hopping"On our third day in Phuket Rich and I decided to tear ourselves away from the luscious beach and we had big plans. Our first stop was the Kokchang Elephant Trekking Centre. We spent a lot of time researching elephant trekking in Phuket and came across a lot of reviews which almost put us off doing […]
Read more "Our big day out"From Koh Samui, Phuket was only an hours flight away and after the hard work we put in at Vikasa, we were looking forward to some beach time. Knowing people who have been to Thailand before, we had heard a lot of stories about the beaches in Thailand being gorgeous. Soft white sand, warm clear water […]
Read more "Beach Time!"Our journey from Melbourne to Koh Samui was a long one. We flew from Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur with Air Asia, a seven and a half hour flight with the most budget airline we have ever come across. We had a couple of hours layover in Kuala Lumpur before flying on to Bangkok, unfortunately with Air Asia […]
Read more "Yoga & Meditation on Koh Samui"The great thing about going to watch the Formula One at Albert Park was that we got to experience the wonderful city of Melbourne too. It’s a city where you can literally have four seasons in one day with the varying amounts of sun, wind, rain and cloud. In addition to our four days at the […]
Read more "Marvellous Melbourne"Before Rich and I set off on our travels we had one date in the diary that we knew would be a very special event. We had arranged to meet up with Rich’s parents, Maria and Maurice, in Melbourne to go to the Formula One Grand Prix! All of us have watched Formula One for […]
Read more "It’s race time!"After four months of backpacking, spending on average no more than three nights in one place, Rich and I were yearning to stay in one place for a while. Backpacking is not difficult or hard work per se but it does take a lot of organising and effort to accomplish even the simplest of things like […]
Read more "Holiday Time!"Rich and I spent our last three nights in New Zealand in Auckland. Being one of the top ten most expensive cities in the world to live in, we were thrilled to be able to stay with my old Didsbury Devil’s netball buddy Sarah and her husband Andy! We only had one full day to […]
Read more "Saying Au Revoir in Auckland"For me the prospect of going into a dark cave whilst wearing a wetsuit and helmet, carrying a rubber ring and walking through or floating across water that has black eels in it is not my idea of fun. That said, so many people had told us great stories of their black water rafting adventure […]
Read more "Eeeek!"Following our hugely successful day doing the Tongariro Crossing, Rich and I enjoyed a pleasant two hundred mile drive from Whakapapa to Wellington. It’s surprising how such a long drive can be considered pleasant but Highway One took us all the way down to the southern tip of the North Island without any issues and with barely […]
Read more "The World Cup in Wellington"
Lambs on the loose 