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Well...... we're back!

trying to describe the experiances over the past year has been impossible, but I tried! Sadly I ran out of steam on this blog and stopped after Cambodia, after which we spent a month in Vietnam, added another member to the team (Faye's pregnant), spent a week in Hong Kong, then had to scrap our plans of Tibet and Nepal due to recommendations that Pregnant ladies should stay below 3000m, spending the remaining 6 weeks in India!

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What's it like being back? Well... it seems like we've never left, and although glad to be home, we're now planning our next big adventure, I suppose bringing a little person into the world might change things too.... we'll see!!!!

Take care y'all.... till next time!

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By MichaelnFaye
April 12th 2008

India

Asia » India

Taj Mahal

Some Photos from our 7 weeks in India. [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
March 2nd 2008

Hong Kong

Asia » Hong Kong

Giant Pandas - Ocean Park

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By MichaelnFaye
February 21st 2008

Vietnam

Asia » Vietnam

River Life - Mekong

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By MichaelnFaye
January 22nd 2008

Mans greatest treasures and worst crimes…

Asia » Cambodia

Angkor Wat

Our first challenge on our journey to Cambodia was navigating the border crossing circus at Poipet. As we’d done it before three years ago, we knew what to expect, but it was a shame to see nothing’s changed, as it really gives a terrible first impression of such an amazing country. We caught a public bus from Bangkok to the border town on the Thai side, and then strolled straight past all the touts claiming it’s not possible to get a visa at the border… but of course we could get it through them. Once stamped out of Thailand, we stopped [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
January 16th 2008

Family reunion....

Asia » Thailand

Umbrellas drying - Bo Sang

Chiang Mai Once we’d crossed over the border from Laos, we jumped straight on a bus headed for Chiang Mai, which is sort of the northern capital. We headed there because we have fond memories of the city from a previous visit a few years ago, and we thought it would be a great place to spend Christmas, hopefully keeping us occupied for a few days so we wouldn’t dwell on the fact that we weren’t with family. While we were checking into our hotel, the receptionist asked us if we were going to the Sunday market that night as it [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
December 23rd 2007

Cookin’ up some treats... Lao style!

Asia » Laos

Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng From the Philippines we flew to Bangkok, where we only spent a couple of days catching up with friends who also happened to be in the city. It was great to see some familiar faces, and go beyond the usual where’ve you been, where you going next conversations that we usually only have time for with the majority of people we meet. From Bangkok we caught a bus up to Nong Khai near the Laos border, and crossed over with minimal hassle getting our Visas at the crossing, we then jumped on a Tuk Tuk the last few km [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
December 16th 2007

Seaslug Paradise

Asia » Philippines

Resting Green Turtle - Pescador Island

Once we landed at Kuala Lumpur, we transferred straight to the main terminal building to ask about flights as we had some choices to make. Our first choice was Japan, and after a few enquiries, we found out it’s the same price to get a return flight to Japan from here as it is from London, so we scratched that off the list. Our next choice was the Philippines, which would require a trip back to the LCCT (low cost carrier terminal) as that’s where all the budget airlines fly from. Instead we decided to spend a day or so [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
November 24th 2007

Ape Attack!

Asia » Indonesia » Sumatra

Orangutan - Bukit Lawang

Bukit Lawang We caught a short flight from Jakarta to Medan, northern Sumatra, cutting out long overland journey that would be required, but we did as most people do in Medan and passed straight through. We caught a public bus to our next destination, Bukit Lawang and the journey happened exactly as the guide book explained it would, starting with a friendly local asking us about ourselves. From there it turns out he’s going to the same destination and just so happens to be a guide for the trek we plan to do in the national park. Thankfully there was [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
November 14th 2007

Java smokes, not just the people!

Asia » Indonesia » Java

Gunung Bromo

Gunung Bromo We arrived at the town of Probolinggo at 1:30 in the morning after 10 hours on the bus from Bali. At this time it would have been possible to continue straight on to Gunung Bromo (the whole point in us being here) to catch the sunrise but as we were both completely knackered from getting no sleep on the bus we decided we’d wait a day and do it the next morning, so we’d feel a little more refreshed and maybe more appreciative of what we were seeing. Our first task was to find somewhere to catch some shut [View Full Entry]

By MichaelnFaye
November 6th 2007

Trouble with the law!

Asia » Indonesia » Bali

Pura Tanah Lot

So here we are, the start of our Asian adventure, our true travel love. Thankfully we’ve chosen an entry destination that’s as touristy as it gets, easing us into the changes required to travel in a less ‘developed’ continent. Kuta/South Bali We started here, in South Bali, the throbbing beat of the island, where the majority of people stay to either catch a wave or chill on the beach. It’s a pretty exciting place, heavily overdeveloped with everything a visitor could ever need or want; we wandered around checking out the myriad of shops and getting [View Full Entry]