Adam and Stephs blog

There's definitely such a thing as too much research online, especially about travelling. If you

Personally, I think the UNESCO World Heritage designation has been handed out a bit too often,

Our planned route through Laos follows a well-worn tourist trail. Luang Prabang, a UNESCO World

We have a rough semblance of a plan for this trip, but we're kinda making it up as we go.

We've been in Vietnam for nearly 3 weeks at this point and it's been nothing but hot. Maybe a

Did you try bia hoi? Homebrew beer for a few cents per glass. It does not taste that good, but it was

From Hue we took an overnight bus to Hanoi and got started right away on our only mission for this 1-

Saigon has a lot of history around the War, Hoi An has it's history with trading at it's port

Typically when transferring from town to town it's a non-event – we take a sleeper bus or train.

Copying is huge in SE Asia. If something is successful, you copy it. Our hotel in Nha Trang, for

I think Hoi An is ideally placed right in the middle of Vietnam to give you some semblance of peace

Initially I was planning to take the trains to travel around Vietnam. We've had enough experience

Almost certainly our main reason for wanting to come to Vietnam was the food. We've tried a bit

Nothing really to report on Bangkok. We spent 5 nights there but managed to do very little. Ate a lot

I just wanted to say that I am sorry to hear about Ginger. She really was as great as you described

With all the time we've spent in New Zealand, there were still lots of things that we hadn't

Once again we spent "one more" summer in Queenstown. The river was calling, plus we really

Say it with me now, "new-ay". Like the word "say" but without the "s" -

From Paris we flew to Montenegro. You may know that Steph's parents live in Montenegro doing

I came to Paris for the bread. Well, I also thought Steph would love it, but I think the bread is a

Though they aren't nearly as inexpensive as I'd like them to be, trains in Europe certainly

We originally planned to spend 5 or 6 weeks in Europe but somehow, despite not having jobs at the

From Vermont we drove up into Canada. Yes, Ginger is now international! We stayed overnight in a

So, finding time to sit down and upload photos has been more difficult than expected. Who knew being

Actually we haven't been in Malaysia for the last 2 years as our blog was have you believe. After

I can now see why Jim Thompson came all the way down from Bangkok for a holiday in the Cameron

After our marathon day in KL, normally we would take it easy for a day. But seeing as it was my

We wanted to let you know what our first full day was like in Kuala Lumpur. This isn't a typical

There aren't many places that we've been to that we can honestly say we didn't like.

You may have seen the Gomantong Caves on TV before. They were featured on Planet Earth or Human