More than 4000 Islands
It was sad to say goodbye to the many people we love in Siem Reap but it’s wonderful to be on our way. My feet feel light, my heart is singing and I keep bursting […]
In Xinjiang
Even though it was only a few hours from Gansu on the fast train, Turpan feels like we’ve been transported...
First steps on the old silk road
It was an adventurer called Zhang Qian, between 100-200 BC, who is said to have started off the old silk...
From culture shock to panda bears
Arriving in China felt like we’d landed on an entirely different planet. One where we didn’t know the customs, how...
Into the wilds of Nam Ha
Even though we paid more than double the going price for tickets on the one-whole-seat-per-person fancy van, somehow we still...
The perfect harmony of Luang Prabang
There’s something special about the town of Luang Prabang. Almost everybody says so and I have to agree. It has...
Time out in Vientiane and Vang Vieng
Now I know why everyone who’s been here says ‘Oh, I love Laos!’. It’s because Laos is lovely. It seems...
Fried insects and solar fans
We hadn’t been very far afield for the last few weeks but we had heard that the solar lights we installed in Lighting up a village are a big hit. In fact, they’ve been serving a […]
On becoming a digital nomad
When I first started travelling in the early eighties, being able to keep on travelling meant finding work in each new place. It was usually bar work, waitressing, cleaning and such-like. My first overseas job […]
A trip to Battambang
Note that ’bang’ is pronounced ‘bong’. One of the best things about going to Battambang is getting there by boat. The boat leaves Siem Reap, travels briefly along the very dirty Siem Reap river, crosses […]
Lighting up a village
The first time we came to Cambodia, we met a teenage boy working in the guesthouse where we stayed in Siem Reap. He had a big smile and very little English. This was the beginning […]
Settling into Siem Reap
This is the third time we’ve been to Siem Reap in the last decade. We thought it would be an easy place to sit down for a while and ‘wait for our souls to catch […]
The beginning of a great adventure
It’s almost three years since my last blog post. That’s how long it’s taken to finish setting up our home base in the beautiful NSW Northern Rivers and to extricate ourselves from the familiar comfort […]
Last Stop, Quito
Quito is the turn-around point for us, in this particular South American adventure. From here it’s back to Santiago (Chile), then back to Easter Island, then Tahiti and then home (via Auckland) to Australia. Quito, […]
Galapagos – The Enchanted Isles
The Galápagos Islands are most famous for the role they played in Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution. I was quite surprised to learn that he was only ashore here for less than a month. He […]
In Search of Sarayaku
We decided to have just one more jungle adventure before leaving the Amazon. JH had his heart set on finding Sarayaku (Sarayacu), an indigenous community somewhere in the Amazon in Ecuador. We were inspired by […]
