We arrived in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon after a pleasant flight on Delta - stopping off at Tokyo en route ...   more »

On Wednesday we visited the Olympic Green (a bit of a trek on the subway - four different lines with ...   more »

Following a late night, we had a bit of a lie-in on Sunday and we weren't sure whether much would ...   more »

We slept quite well on the train (no snoring, no children) and in the morning all four of us set ...   more »

Well, Shanghai was quite interesting although two days was definitely enough time to spend there as there isn't too much ...   more »

We arrived safely in Shanghai at about half past ten this morning after a long train ride from Hong Kong ...   more »

Bags are packed once again and we are using our last 12 minutes before we have to check out to ...   more »

It's been just over a week since we last blogged and we've been really busy! We spent a lovely couple ...   more »

We left Sydney on Monday morning after having spent five great weeks with the Murphys - sad to leave but ...   more »

Hello all,

Better late than never! We are storing all of our photos from our trip on Windows Live which ...   more »

Christmas seems like such a long time ago now that we are several days into the new year but we've ...   more »

It's now Friday morning (still trying to get used to the fact that everyone back at home is 11 hours ...   more »

After publishing the last blog, we spoke with the lady at the hostel reception to find out how long it ...   more »

Wow, a busy couple of days - both with early starts as we left the pier at about 7.30 in ...   more »

Waking up on your birthday to sunshine and warm weather is really weird when you have a December birthday. My ...   more »

Hello all from the gorgeous Thai island of Phi Phi.

So, we got up really early yesterday (Thursday) morning and ...   more »

Well, here we are in Thailand! YAY!

We got here at about 3:00 this afternoon, only to find that the ...   more »

We seem to have spent forever travelling but are now spending a night in Bangkok before
flying to Krabi tomorrow ...   more »

Phew, a busy few days. Since Thursday we have been in Marrakech, Tangier (overnight train last night, never done that ...   more »

Hello all,

Just a quick one to say hello all; we arrived late yesterday afternoon in Marrakech and after an interesting journey from the airport to our riad via some scooters with sheep sitting upright on them, we wandered out to explore the souks and the main square, Jemaa El Fna, where we had dinner on the roof terrace at Chez Chegrouni - a tagine for Simon and couscous for Jane. A lovely meal but in hindsight we should have shared a meal as we weren't too hungry after the early start we'd had. The freshly squeezed orange juice and the banana juice (several bananas put through a blender) were yummy.

We were woken this morning at 5am by the call to prayer from the minaret but by about 6am all was quiet again and we went back to sleep, then up for a leisurely breakfast of pancakes and mint tea. Some new arrivals from Spain this morning means our riad is now slightly less deserted but the few staff we have spotted seem very friendly.

We're off now for a stroll through the park and then into the main square for a bite to eat, then a lazy afternoon as we're still both shattered - think it's going to take us a little while to completely chill out...

Another thing we've discovered is that over here the keys are all in a different place on the keyboard - until we get used to that it'll take a while to type anything!

Hope you're all well,

Simon and Jane xx

It's now 1:00am and we're just finishing off the last few preparations before we leave the country tomorrow morning. The ...   more »