June 26 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 16 °CSo here we are after 56 days, approx 7000 driving kms, 27 hotel rooms, seeing friends that are dear to our hearts, and discovering new family. We are home and so very blessed that we got to go on this adventure together. We have seen things we never thought we would see and ticked off a few thingsRead more
June 22 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We both slept on the overnight flight, and arrived back in cold/cloudy Melbourne at lunchtime. Sarah met us at the airport and drove us home - via Diamond Creek Maccas.
The suitcases were emptied into the washing machine, although our jeans could have walked there themselves.
Guess what we had forRead more
June 21 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 34 °CA relaxed start to the day, checked out of the Raft Hotel and caught a boat back to the pier to meet our minibus driver again. Stopped off at a cultural site, followed by temple of the day on the way back. Drove by Bangkok just before peak hours, then on to MEGA Bangna for dinner and some lastRead more
June 20 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °CBuffet breakfast with a visiting elephant, followed by relaxing with our feet in the river. Then we went to visit the local Mon tribe village, temple, school and viewpoint. Later on we put life jackets on and jumped into the river upstream and floated past our hotel room down to the other end of theRead more
June 19 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
A big buffet breakfast, then off to the train station to ride the train over the River Kwai bridge on the way to Nam Tok for lunch.
Then on to the Hellfire Pass memorial centre - a very moving experience.
Back along the railway to take photos of the next train coming along some of the wooden bridgesRead more
June 18 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
A small breakfast, then checked out of our cabins and back into the mini-bus.
Drove to Kanchanaburi and went to the War Cemetery and Thailand-Burma Railway Museum, then lunch at a riverside restaurant before walking over the River Kwai Railway Bridge. Then off for some culture at the MellikaRead more
June 17 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Up early for breakfast donuts and coffee, then off into a long tail boat to cruise around the morning floating market.
Back into the van and off to Cha-Am for lunch near the beach,, and finally to the 7 Kings park, with huge statues of the first 7 Thai kings.
Back to the cabins, and into anotherRead more
June 16 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 34 °CNeither of us got much sleep during the 14 hour flight to Thailand, landed around 6am local time, and got changed into summer clothes. Put our cases into storage and headed out to meet Gary and Kung for our Thai adventure. Met up with Seven and Bua as well, and headed off to find Mr Chu, our driverRead more
June 15 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 17 °CUp early, showered and off to the airport via the M25 freeway. Dropped off the car and checked-in early for our flight. Had a late breakfast at the airport and roamed around for a while. Finally boarded the plane and headed off to Thailand. Got fed early and tried to sleep...
June 14 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Sleep in and another yummy breakfast, then off to Essex, for Kate to meet her cousin Mary - the first relative on her fathers side that she has ever met. She was a bit nervous, but so was Mary. Mary's son Shaun had brought her over from Enfield to meet Kate at a nice pub for lunch.
Then on to OllieRead more
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