Caught up at last! 

Caught up at last!

Hello people!

At last we have had time to catch up on our photos - have been in Phuket now for 3 weeks due to diverse illnesses (nothing serious - just the results of too much party with friends over the Thai New Year and Easter period) and so been able to relax and get all of our photos online... so here they come!

Erawan Shrine in Bangkok:


Shark's fin soup in Chinatown, Bangkok... and no, we didn't go in!


Border crossing to Cambodia - loads of Cambodians waiting to cross to Thailand - and us going in the other direction...


The boat from the border at Koh Kong to Sihanoukville, the up and coming beach resort of Cambodia:


Beach again at last!


Help, where's the winter!!!!


Mantis prawns for breakfast...


Native children enjoying the sand...


...and us enjoying the sunset


Party after dark - fire-child!


Arrived in Phnom Penh - and the traffic is amazing!


Building site in PP


Butcher's stall at the market in PP


...and a motorbike parts stall...


Toul Sleng Museum - evidence of Cambodia's tragic past (Khmer Rouge security service's secret prison):






Temples in Phnom Penh:


The riverside in Phnom Penh - our favourite place here:


Vendor selling lotus flowers as offering for the shrines and temples


Sunset behind the Royal Palace:


Nightlife in Phnom Penh - the girls from the Shanghai Bar:


On the way to Siem Reap - Cambodia's countryside


The market in Siem Reap




A day at the temples in the Angkor complex - starting at sunrise (the crowds rushing to Angkor Wat):


Typical postcard picture of this amazing building - that really deserves it's status as one of the 7 wonders of the world:


Our transport round the temples - and our driver:


Bayon:




The elephant terrace:


The East gate of Angkor Thom - featured in the film "Tomb Raider" with Angelina Jolie....


Ta Prohm - one of the temples where the jungle has been left to take over...




...and Angkor Wat again, in the full of the day:


Public transport in Cambodia (Dornbirner Stadtbus)...



Arriving in Vietnam:
Life on, in and around the Mekong River:


Fishing


Laundry...


Chau Doc (near the border with Cambodia):


Our first night in Vietnam - in a small village near Chau Doc where the only people speaking English were themselves tourists!

Sunset from our guest house on the hill - which was otherwise grotty:


The Women's Temple, centre of the day's festivities - the whole village was full of market stalls, etc.:


Offerings for Buddha and the spirits:


Typical vietnamese boats - our transport to the floating fishing villages and Cham (ethnic moslems) village:


Fish farm:


Our homestay in the small village of Phong Dien, near Can Tho (further down the Mekong Delta - 2nd night Vietnam)


Boat eyes for safe sailing:


Floating market in Can Tho - the poles show what each boat has for sale:


Reunion with the Aussies (Ryan and Andrew) we met up in Chiang Mai (North Thailand) - pure chance!


Menu in Vietnamese... with some unusual options!


Arrived in Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City - the traffic here is even more shocking than in Cambodia! They all drive at once, nobody ever stops at traffic lights or crossings, pure anarchy / chaos!!!!


Asia's favourite - rice rice and more rice!


Beautiful lacquerware for sale at the market:


Saigon by night:


Travelling northwards - the amazing dunes at Mui Ne:


Rice paddies:


Typical roadside restaurant - filling up the sauce bottles:


Typical vietnamese costume - and school uniform:


Propaganda signs for the communist state:


Pigs trotters for sale - yum!!!!:


Lady sewing:


Dried lizards - the vietnamese really do eat everything!!!!


The Aussies again.... we just can't get rid of them!!!! Met up again in Nha Trang, by chance of course - and in Hoi An as well!


Restaurant table after a typical vietnamese meal - looks like a rubbish tip!


4 island tour from Nha Trang - a real highlight! The only tour where we DIDN'T get ripped off in Vietnam!!!

Lunch buffet on the boat:


Floating bar with free flowing Vietnamese wine...


Our 3-day tour of the world-famous Halong Bay - a UNESCO World Heritage Site rapidly being destroyed by the Vietnamese themselves... very sad.

Leaving Halong harbour - along with hundreds of other boats, most of them more impressive than our own:


Viewpoint on Titop Island - where 2 members of our tour got left behind for 2 hours!!!!


One of many islands...


Sungsot Cave:


View from the cave entrance:


Bad weather coming up over the bay...


Sunset before our night on the boat:


Fishing village - they live here all day every day:


Sunset over Lan Ha Bay near Cat Ba island - where we had been kayaking:



Back in Bangkok - fun with 4 english teachers on Khao San Road (condom inflation):


Arrived in Phuket... and a storm's brewing:


Sarah's new taxi service in Patong:


Songkran (Thai New Year) on the Bangla Road - wet wet wet!!!!


Weapons loaded and ready to head into the fight:


Dinner with Austrian friends and Thai ladies:


Easter Sunday - beer beer and more beer - a traditional Austrian Easter!


... and the results...


Sunset on Patong Beach:



Hope all is well with you all back home (and of course with those of you lucky enough to be travelling too) - send us some snow, it's hot down here!!!