Hello Everyone, We’ve now crossed over into Laos, our fifth country on the trip, and have thankfully avoided all the trouble that was kicking off in Thailand. Before leaving Thailand we visited the far north of the country, and stopped in Chiang Mai for a few days for the Thai New Year (called Songkran), this ...
Firstly just to let everyone know, we’re ok and safe. The protests and the newly announced national state of emergency sounds a lot worse than it is here in Thailand. We just caught some protests in Bangkok, but here where we are there’s nothing to tell that there’s anything wrong. Thailand gets a new government ...
Hi All, Just a quick update to let everyone know we’re ok, given that riots kicked off in Bangkok yesterday. By chance we were actually just passing through while getting to the North of Thailand. We’re up in Sukothai now, and in a few days are debating whether to cross in Myanmar (Burma) for a ...
We’re now in Thailand our third country of the trip. We flew out of Kathmandu yesterday and everything went surprisingly well, despite an upset stomach. We arrived in Bangkok at 7pm and proceeded to head to China Town which was an experience, as we wondered down labyrinth like streets in the dark, while one old ...
We’re in Munich now! On Saturday we moved out of our flat in Highbury and suddenly realised while walking down the street that we are officially homeless for the next six months. A very strange feeling, but quite liberating as well. We flew to Munich yesterday, and were greeted by loads fo rain. Apparently for ...