Author Archives: Becs

We said goodbye to Jan and Ray yesterday in a blustery Auckland. We’ve had an wonderful time in New Zealand, hence the lack of posts on the blog. We were only able to spend 7 days on the North Island, … Continue reading →

Sorry for the lack of updates. As per usual we’ve been doing too much traveling and not spent any time in internet cafes. Good for us but not good for the blog! We’re writing this in Wanaka in Otago, South … Continue reading →

Getting off the plane in Christchurch (CHCH) and being met by my mum and Ray was truly bizarre and fantastic. Mum had the biggest grin ever despite flying for 24 hours from the UK. the Kiwis are so far extremely … Continue reading →

We’ve been on the east coast for over a week now but have been out and about so no time for an update. It will be a bit backwards as we are starting with last week rather than all the … Continue reading →

What is really strange about travelling, is that although we don’t have to go to work we seem to be sooooo busy. The time just seems to disappear  – leaving little time for getting on the internet and writing blogs. … Continue reading →

As you will know from Paul’s post we were lucky enough to meet an amazing lady  – Mrs Ellis, who we stayed with in Chiang Mai. She was kind enough to take us out to some very nice restaurants to … Continue reading →

Between Khao yai and Chiang Mai we had another quick stop in Bangkok – enough time to squeeze in a morning visit to the Floating market. The guidebook wasn’t too positive about it – it is very touristy, but well … Continue reading →

Based on Dan and Pilar’s recommendation and the postacards on the wall of their loo, off we went to Khao Yai. They were right! It was beautiful. We got the bus from Bangkok to Pak Chong (luckily someone spotted us looking … Continue reading →

We really didn’t think we would like Bangkok too much, so it was great to discover that we do! There is so much going on, colour everywhere, whether it be fruit on the market stalls, rails of baggy trousers or … Continue reading →

As you will have read in an earlier post, I nearly threw the computer out the window when my blog entry magically disappeared from my screen (having spent an hour writing it. Having got over the devastation, I thought it … Continue reading →