Hooker Valley Track
9 января 2020 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
In the Mount Cook national park we completed the Hooker Valley track which was full of snow-capped mountains and icebergs! I'd never seen an iceberg before. We stayed the night in the fun named townЧитать далее
Mt Cook to Christchurch
10 января 2020 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Shortly after leaving Twizel, we stopped at Tekapo. The small town is popular with visitors and has a lake (of course), tiny church, a statue to dogs and an observatory with a nice cafe. We carried onЧитать далее
Akaroa
11 января 2020 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Forty minutes west of Christchurch is the little French town of Akaroa. The French landed here long ago and it continues to have French road names, a French food market and colourful houses. Akaroa isЧитать далее
Morning walking tour of Christchurch
12 января 2020 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
For our final full day in NZ we took a walking tour of Christchurch. It was a really emotive tour and we learnt a lot about the earthquakes and aftershocks which wrecked the city in 2011. It wasЧитать далее
Afternoon in Christchurch
12 января 2020 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The city’s street art scene also flourished after the earthquake as the residents utilised empty or damaged buildings. The city still runs the cute and traditional cable cars which brighten up theЧитать далее
New Zealand food & drink
12 января 2020 г., Новая Зеландия ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Exploring Chiang Mai
14 января 2020 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
After hearing that the city was a peaceful alternative to Bangkok, I was surprised to find it was so large, with sprawling suburbs, full of traffic and that the centre was chocked full of low-riseЧитать далее
Doi Inthanon National Park
15 января 2020 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Took a tour to the Chiang Mai countryside. First up is Thailand's highest point, which you get to via a nature trail led by someone from the local indigenous tribes. From the top, the views stretchЧитать далее
Hiking the Monk's Trail
16 января 2020 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Caught a motorbike taxi to the bottom of the Monk's trail, just on the edge of the city. From here you can walk to the highly popular Doi Suthep Temple. You walk up through the forest and suddenlyЧитать далее
White Temple, Chiang Rai
17 января 2020 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Today I start the three-day journey to Luang Prabang in Laos. The tour company picked our little group of 10 up from Chiang Mai and we started the long drive to the border town of Chiang Khong. TheЧитать далее
Laos
18 января 2020 г., Таиланд ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today our little troupe went the short distance to the boarder, got ourselves stamped out, hopped on the bus over the Thai-Laos friendship bridge, paid for our visas, which took a lot of stamps andЧитать далее
Slow Boat - Day 2
19 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We spent the night in Pak Beng, essentially a giant service station for the slow boat guests. Had a room to myself and a fun night playing games in the bar with fellow passengers. I woke up early, asЧитать далее
Luang Prabang
20 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The whole city is a UNESCO site and despite being touristy it has charm with cute French inspired buildings, the huge riverside, daytime wet market, lots of handicraft gift shops, bakeries and manyЧитать далее
Kuang Si Falls
21 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
This morning I went to the Royal Palace (no photos allowed); it was surprisingly small but it was built around a courtyard and the throne room is completed in the same mosaic style as yesterday'sЧитать далее
Nong Khiaw
22 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Today I took the minibus with one of the girls from the slow boat three hours north to the countryside retreat of Nong Khiaw. It's a tiny town with plenty of hiking opportunities and sitting by theЧитать далее
Trek & village homestay - Day 1
23 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
I joined a couple and our slightly condescending tour guide for a two-day experience in the countryside with an overnight stay in a local Hmong village. On the first day we hiked all day throughЧитать далее
Muang Ngow & Kayaking - Day 2
24 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
After a hearty breakfast in the village we waved all the children goodbye and left for our hours hike to the river. On the riverbank there was a boat waiting to take us along the river surrounded byЧитать далее
Sleeping women viewpoint
25 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Got up early while it was still relatively cool and hiked to my second viewpoint. I had read about it online, but everyone had failed to mention that it was less of a hike and more of aЧитать далее
Weaving
26 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Had a great day at Ban Lue Handicrafts Center on the outskirts of Nong Khiaw. I spent the whole day with them learning about the process of creating cotton yarn from the plant and then weaving my ownЧитать далее
Phra Khoa Viewpoint
27 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
My last morning in Nong Khiaw, and just time to fit in another hike, although it almost didn't happen due to the giant water buffalo which blocked my path and wouldn't move. Being the only person onЧитать далее
Morning at the Plain of Jars
29 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
The Plain of Jars is spread out over three main sites but there are fields of them all over the region, the sites are protected by UNESCO, and no one really knows why they are there. I went on a tourЧитать далее
Afternoon at the Plain of Jars
29 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
We spend the afternoon going around the three sites and Mr Kong encourages us to take fun photos and give our views on why they are there. There were a few tourists at Site 1 but we practically hadЧитать далее
Vang Vieng - Epic bike ride
30 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
I met Dakota at the hostel and we went on an unexpectedly torturous bike ride. I had read that you could cycle to the blue lagoons but we decided to visit a further, better lagoon and then made aЧитать далее
Tubing
31 января 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
After a morning lazing by the pool, we spent the afternoon completing "the" activity of Vang Vieng, tubing. This is essentially a bar crawl along the river. The company dropped us at the edge of theЧитать далее
The Red Bridge
1 февраля 2020 г., Лаос ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Vang Vieng has its own Instagram spot, the Red Bridge. It's a short walk from the town and actually quite a short bridge but still we got our photos. On the other side of the bridge is a park withЧитать далее