Moving from one country to another can be quite a hassle. We always pictured crossing the border to have high security, uniformed officials and sniffer dogs at the ready to give us foreigners the once over before entering the country. The ‘ordeal’ from leaving Thailand and getting to our first stop in Laos, (Luang Prabang) Read More
Author: Gareth
Lopburi and the renegade monkeys
After the interesting couple of days in Ayutthya (see here) we decided it was time to start making tracks North towards Chiang Mai. Before that we wanted to make one more stop on the way before getting the sleeper train. Upon consulting the Lonely Planet guide we decided that the next destination should either be Read More
Kanchanaburi
After a return to Bangkok for a second time in under a week we were both looking forward to a break from the smog and heat of Bangkok. Kanchanaburi was just the ticket. It’s a small town with a rich history located about 4 hours west of Bangkok. Neither of us knew why it was Read More
Hong Kong – Part 2
2nd Full Day in Hong Kong After going a little too hard on the drink we woke up at around midday feeling slightly hazy on it and tried to figure out from the last pictures on the camera what time we got home. We still aren’t entirely sure but today was a new day in Read More
Hong Kong – Part 1
Round the World – Official Start After a 12 hour flight and some slightly cramped British airways plane seats we arrived in Hong Kong feeling less that fresh but ready to jump into the Hong Kong life. This was the official start to our round the world adventure. To ease ourselves in to the trip Read More
Packing fun
Here I am sitting in Suk 11 Hostel in the middle of Bangkok’s Sukhumvit disctrict. I have plenty of stories to tell and I’m only a week into the adventure but I thought I would bring the blog up to date first. The weeks and days flew by in the run up to the start Read More
Nerves, nerves, nerves
4 weeks today and we’ll be setting off on our trip. The last time I posted here it was 11 weeks to go. I’m at a loss to know what the hell I’ve been doing over the past 7 weeks. Time has seriously flown in. The excitement about the trip has now turned into nerves Read More
borebags blog – Officially launched!
For anyone visiting the blog for the first time you may be wondering what it is about. Well…in short, we will be embarking on an around the world adventure on the 16th January 2010 (just under 7 weeks away!). We have been blogging about our preparations and other random musings on the run up to Read More
Time’s flying. 11 weeks tomorrow.
Time is flying by at the minute. I think it must be down to being so busy in work with conferences (8 in 8 weeks and counting), countless brochures, Northern Ireland Yearbook, re-branding, white van man and general technical ‘go to’ guy. Never a dull moment. I don’t mind so much because I know that Read More