Vientiane. The capital city of Laos. It’s not spectacular, or even particularly memorable. But, it’s ok, I guess. (Disclaimer: We were tired when we got to Vientiane. We didn’t see many sights of Vientiane. In fact, I could compile a list of the top ten things we didn’t see in Vientiane, so this post in…
Still in Sarawak, Borneo, our first night in the cabin at Permai Rainforest was spent listening to the sounds of the jungle. Mostly insects. Man, those insects were loud! But it was a soothing cacophony. Better than freight-train snoring, anyway. I’ll let you guess who is generally responsible for that. Come morning, we awoke to…
Sarawak sits on the north-western coast of Borneo. It became a Malaysian state when, in 1963, the British decided that it was too much effort and expense to lord it over govern the colony any longer and so the area joined with the new nation of Malaysia, also an ex-colony of Britain. The tiny sultan-ship…
It was a steamy morning in Kuala Lumpur when we jumped into a taxi and headed 13km out of town to Batu Caves. Despite being early, the place was already buzzing with activity when we arrived. There were a few other tourists around, but we were overwhelmingly outnumbered by those making a spiritual visit, rather…
We’re off! We’re on the road for our first great overseas travel odyssey with backpacks, and four-year-old twins. Well, technically, it’s our second great travel odyssey with kids – we spent a few weeks in California last year – but that was in a hire car, with suitcases, and an esky, and fold-up chairs, and…
Raising Explorers 