Turkey
Hello, Well I have a big one for you today. Sorry that’s just the way it is. I have to get the last of Turkey into this mail or it just wont get done. Here we go, hold on… Our departure from Turkey began with a train ride and
Turkey
Merhaba, well Mel and I are still behind on ourselves. Bear with us until we can catch up wont you. This installment is hopefully a short one, no real promise, as we moved from Gallipoli to Marmarus on the southern coast. Our first stop was Effesus, the remains of the
Turkey
And so it continues. I must apologize profusely at this stage as there is a delay of two weeks between when we actually do stuff and when I actually get the chance to write it. We are just that busy honest! So if I cast my mind back 2 weeks
Turkey
Merhaba, Well it has been 9 or so months since the last real travel email came from Mel and I. We have left our jobs again, packed all our worldly belongings into our backpacks and are on the road again. So sit back, relax, grab a cup of coffee or
France
Hello again. A pigeon shat on Mel. I asked Mel how I should introduce our visit to Paris and that is what she suggested. It is true, a pigeon did in fact shit on her and although this may be one of Mel’s lasting memories of Paris I thought
UK
Lush green parks, hot days and cold beer. You wouldn’t think that I am talking about London would you, but it is true. Major misconception number one destroyed. The second being that summer lasts for a week. As summer approached the stories of single digit summer days and another
France
Reims is located east of Paris some 100 kms I think, and it is the heart of the France champagne region. So I don’t really need to elaborate on the reasons we wanted to visit. Good friends of ours, Jane and David, had a free ferry ticket to Calais
UK
Our train to Brighton left London eventually at 8pm. We had to stand in the station for several hours waiting for it though and when the first one that turned up (first as in after several hours) a mass of people surged for it. At the train station you play
UK
Mel and I are quite established in London now after 6 months, has it been that long? We have a place to live and bills in our name and even a TV. We both had jobs, I don’t have one since my last contract ran out a month ago
UK
Well what can I say about our flight into London except “AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH”. Well it was a nice enough flight. The plane was empty which meant we could spread out over several seats and even have two TV screens going watching different movies. The flight over Europe was magical. Out the
Dubai
Well you will all be pleased to know Mel and I made our flight out of Bangkok to Dubai in plenty of time. We got the last of our Bangkok shopping in and then found ourselves waiting in the airport for our flight, realising this would be our last hour
Thailand
Did I mention our guest house in Phitsanulok? I think I did but I will say it again, absolutely fabulous! If you ever find yourself stuck in Phitsanulok and need somewhere to stay check out the Phitsanulok Youth Hostel. The atmosphere was amazing and after dinner everyone was sitting around