Manchester, UK

May 6, 2011

So, after 313 days for Jonny and 240 days for Hutch (as per the spreadsheet), the trip is over and we are finally back home! It's been a totally surreal few days being back in familiar surroundings again and overall the feelings have been a little bittersweet. By the time it came around, we were ready to come home and in some ways we had been looking forward to getting back and seeing everyone again, although that didn't stop us considering p...

Bangkok, Thailand

May 5, 2011

We were kinda sad as we boarded our last ever bus to Bangkok - but as soon as we started to sweat it out with dodgey air con and the toilet being out of order yet again - we realised we weren't going to miss the bus journeys that much! We arrived in Khao San road and after checking out a few hostels we took the plunge and stayed in a nice, authentic Thai hotel, complete with a posh rooftop area and swimming pool! It was significantly ab...

Koh Chang, Thailand

May 1, 2011

It doesn't get much better than this - sharing a big cold beer Chang on our guesthouse terrace looking out to the seemingly infinite horizon as we are treated to our final stunning sunset on Koh Chang! It has been a perfect few days here and exactly what we had hoped for, and we got real lucky with the weather too! It was all a far cry from how we felt arriving on Tuesday night though - when after 12 hours of being herded around in what felt...

Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Apr 28, 2011

The bus to Sihanoukville was nice and short, only 2 hours! So we made it there, checked in to a funky, laid back hostel where our room was a little bungalow surrounded by huge banana plants, and headed out to the beach just as it started to crack the flags! Serendipity beach was quite nice (even though it's fair to say that, the dirt track and piles of rubbish everywhere make the walk there a bit less picturesque), but by the time we were deck...

Kampot, Cambodia

Apr 22, 2011

We left another scorchio day behind in Battambang on Sunday morning and got the bus back to Phnom Penh, where we had our last supper and a few drinks before waving Em off on Monday afternoon, in the middle of what felt like the hottest day yet! With just the two of us left, we headed to the central market to buy a sweet new camera and take our minds off things -it's so hard saying bye to people!!Back at the hostel I decided to get a hair cut t...