While Luang Prabang may not be the most developed town from an economic perspective, it certainly is geared up for the tourists! Internet cafes everywhere and loads of cute restaurants, coffee shops and massage places (although the Lao acupressure massage is extremely painful and NOT recommended!) We decided to explore the outer limits of the [...]

After we were released from the vipassana center we were thrown back in the noisy world called Thailand. The meditation was qui(e)t(e) an experience, but now we had to get our mortal bodies to Luang Prabang. Everything went remarkably smoothly and even Sal was not stressed when we arrived only 30 minutes before the flight at [...]

Uhm… well just watch the movie

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Although my back was hurting still from the powerboat wake-boarding we decided to go to the Magic Buddha Gardens of Samui. After we dealt with all the chores (buying tickets at Time to travel [by far the best travel agent we saw]) we set off around 4PM to the gardens which are around the highest point in Samui. We [...]

After our very exciting visit to Tesco, we went to see one of the marvels of the island… the Nam Meong (sp?) waterfall…. 80m high from top to base. It’s in the middle of the island and took us nearly an hr by bike to get there. We managed to escape from the very persistent elephant [...]

Finally there was enough wind to get my kite out of the package and so I did, but now it was the lack of kite skills which prevented me from getting it up immediately. When my skills slowly improved, the wind decided to go on holiday and my kite fell out of the sky. Sal [...]

Since there was not enough air to move a palm frond and because the Thai farters were nowhere to be found, we looked for other entertainment… after all, there’s only so much jet lag that one can recover from.
So we decided to explore the island and rented a scooter, for the princely sum of 3euros [...]

We arrived in Thailand about 3 days ago I think and have spent most of the time doing, well… nothing much really… We were both pretty jet lagged when we arrived and needed to sleep A LOT. But we have at least managed to find the time to swim and have a few beach strolls :-).
Apart [...]

We decided to spend our last day in Singapore in a fairly relaxed fashion.. a quiet lunch followed by a leisurely boat cruise along the Singapore River. Was a great way to see the city, but we certainly could have done without the ‘I-forgot-to-take-my-lithium’ recording that they insisted on playing at full blast above the [...]

What do you do when you are on holiday in a city that you’ve lived in?? The touristy things of course! So we decided to go and visit the Orchard …oops Orchid Gardens, which, for those of you interested in visiting at some point in the future, are situated in the Botanical Gardens and NOT [...]

Grad was special and amazing and sad all at the same time.. the beginning of the end and the end of the beginning.

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And here’s a little video for laughs…

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A few pics of where we stayed at Chateau Fleury
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Well that is how it all started. After the first dinner I was invited to, Sally and I met again at the pirate party. Sally stole my parrot there, which is in pirate law a heinous crime that should be punished viciously and so I did! I made her talk so loud during the pirate [...]