Kanchanaburi to Sangkhlaburi

Our last couple of weeks in Thailand

The Chiang Mai Incident

Temples and traumas in Chiang Mai

Return to Hanoi

We’d been to Hanoi before…………..was it a good idea to go back?

Kyushu onsen hopping

The art of bathing…….more hot and steamy exploits in Kyushu

Shanghai in Golden Week

A brief and chaotic start to the far east …….

Trans-Siberian Railway (Part 1: Suzdal & Kazan)

Our Trans-Siberian Railway adventure has started…….

Around Leh

We spent quite a bit of time in Leh, both at the start and end of our time in Ladakh, and neither time was exactly smooth.

Magical Mangystau

In the far west of Kazakhstan, bordering the Caspian Sea is the Mangystau region. Vast, desolate and spectacular. For a week we criss-crossed the dusty, bumpy tracks in the company of just a handful of lovely people, discovering the Martian like landscapes and camping in isolated, stunning spots under a huge, star filled sky. It was truly amazing. Up there as one of our best ever travelling experiences.

Almaty – the city of apples

Little known fact: Almaty was the birthplace of the apple.

Astana’s Eccentric Architecture

We came to Astana for it’s famed bonkers architecture……and we weren’t disappointed.