So, we have finally arrived in China! We had heard all sorts of things about China from a lot of different people. You know what I’m talking about.. But as you will see in this post, there is a quieter, chilled and incredibly beautiful part of China that will blow away all of your preconceptions…
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Hello! It’s been a few weeks since we left Bangkok and headed into China, but because I had such a great time overall (this really is a place you either love or you hate), I thought I would share a bit about what we got up to, including when Mum came over on her first…
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Sometimes it’s best to let the pictures do the talking. So here are our favourite photos from Bagan. A 1,000 year old collection of 2,200 temples and pagodas found in Central/Northern Myanmar.
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On Wednesday, the day after arriving in Mandalay, from Bagan, I travelled a 9 hour train ride north east into remote Myanmar (and 15 back!). Overall I travelled for 24 hours without sleep with quite a few ups and downs. It was pretty mental. When I finally arrived at the hotel, I regretted taking the…
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I have seen more new and interesting things in Myanmar in the last 2 1/2 weeks than anywhere else, and I love how you just don’t know what you are going to see next!! For example here are a few snaps from a typical day on the roads; I found the people of Myanmar interesting…
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Hey there! It has been a while since we last posted. The reason? Well, Myanmar is so full on (good and bad) that there really has’t been a moment to bust out the laptop, get online and write about what we have done. This is a good thing, as we have been so busy living, and not…
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Well. I wanted to get off the beaten track on this trip and today Sheree and I got off that F-kin path alright… Yes we have been up to a fair bit since Koh Phangan but today was so unreal I want to write it all down while it is still fresh and really, Bangkok…
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Note: Sheree = purple Matt = green Farewell Thai islands, it’s been a blast, you have taught me how to dive, relax and of course how to party. You will forever hold a special place in my heart! We have now left the islands, this last leg of our journey involved catching a seemingly overbooked ferry from Koh Phangan…
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Hi, Sheree here ☺ There has definitely been a nice change of pace since our last post, so here is a quick update on what we have been up to. I am sitting writing this blog in a bar on the beach of the island paradise of Koh Phi Phi Don. We love this place…
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Hello from Krabi Thailand! So we have just completed another fairly long leg. We can’t believe how far we have travelled since leaving Singapore only a few days ago! Our journey has taken us through some real gritty and poor backwaters, where we have literally turned to one another and said the name of our…
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