Laos has NEVER been on my list of places to see or things to do, so when a really cheap flight with Lao Airlines to Luang Prabang came up a week ago my initial reaction was ... meh. Where the Heck is it again? I needed to renew my visa for Thailand in a week … Continue reading a muddy Utopia…
Category: What am I doing here?
haunted…part 1
So much weird stuff has been happening over the past weeks in the house here that I just have to tell you about it. Where to start: lets set the scene. I'm house-sitting for a friend of a friend who has gone back to Scotland for 3 months (yep I lucked out). She has this … Continue reading haunted…part 1
a little less drama…
Time for a change of pace and a little less drama. (also I'm playing with WordPress formatting so please be patient) Due to a happy coincidence, Jason Bourne and some lovely people, I found myself early Tuesday morning bouncing along in a black Suzuki Vitara once again, traveling North towards Chiang Dao. Today's project was … Continue reading a little less drama…
…Cows! Pt 2
With an apocalyptic crack and a blinding flash a bolt of lightning hit the town dead centre of the tourist district and everything went dark. It was like a bomb had gone off - all shop lights, neon lights, ATMs, music, even the streetlights blinked out: only the gas and charcoal cookers from the food … Continue reading …Cows! Pt 2
…Cows! Pt 1.
Lets backtrack a little. Last year Jen and I had a car accident in the Far North of Australia, during our last Big Aussie Road trip in November. A cow decided to commit suicide and jump in front of our van one evening. Van was a write off, 100km from the nearest town - Halls … Continue reading …Cows! Pt 1.
Black Moon in Baan Tai – Part 2
After a night spent dreaming of sharks, worst case scenarios and general underwater nastiness, chiding myself for being impulsive and reckless, and asking every friend I know that dives their opinion (thanks Kate), I dragged myself out of bed early on Saturday morning for the 7.00am start and the boat ride out to Sail Rock. … Continue reading Black Moon in Baan Tai – Part 2
Black Moon in Baan Tai – Part 1
So...its been a little while since I wrote. Has it really been 14 days already? How have you been? This will be a bit of a ramble as I catch you up, buuut I have my laptop back finally so I can actually type (that drama is worth a blog entry alone and I'll revisit … Continue reading Black Moon in Baan Tai – Part 1
Life rafts
Chiang Mai is great but I'm craving a change. As domestic flights in Thailand are relatively cheap, I've decided to head south - it's more of a timeliness thing and goes against my "by ground" travel plans , but 12 hours in an overnight bus was just to risky, despite the price. So for the princely … Continue reading Life rafts
Bump in
Crazy coincidences make travel so unexpected and fun. This a rambling tale but bear with it. Yesterday I travelled up to Chiang Dao, Northern Thailand - about 50km from the Burma border and just simply stunning mountains, rice paddy's and lush dense jungles. Imagine the Warrumbungles covered in dense jungle and tropical rainforest, veiled by … Continue reading Bump in
Nevermore
So 2014...that's when it started for me. There's a lot of history but let's start here. I'm going to overshare so trigger warning here if you are grieving. 2014 : L and I were engaged after an exciting, intense relationship. All was going well as these things do but we'd had some major setbacks. We'd … Continue reading Nevermore
Man Down! 