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Beautifully Eerie
How the Irish roll #mrandmrs
Africa from above
Woodstock
Happy Hubby
Mamma always said…
Cheeky Cigar
These views just don't get boring! #instagramcrazy
Pretty Trees
Looking over the winelands
Whales & Dolphins (but we saw neither!)
Spot the Childs
Head over heels
Viognier
Shiraz
Lunch tasting
Brunch tasting
John Dendy Young #winemaker
Another day, another beautiful sunset
Boozy lunch
Room with a view to die for
The most perfect spot
#winelovers Heaven
The picnickers dream
Gorgeous buildings, ominous skies
Straight from the Atlantic. Delicious.
Ar-ar-ar-ar-ar #sunjunkies
Penguinos! #jackass
Long walk to freedom
Table Mountain view complete with tablecloth clouds #capetown
Sunset #capetown
A white welcome home!
The calm before the storm…
And for our final day, a little bit of paradise…
Charm Churee, where we spent our last few days of the trip. Not the cheapest place we’ve stayed but just what we needed. We also made use of our shiny new open water certifications and did a beach dive right from where we were staying.
Our cottage also had one of the biggest geckos I’ve seen in my life which Tul hated almost as much I loved.
Koh Tao
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai
We did a fair bit of research on elephant sanctuaries to visit in Thailand and we’re very please we discovered the Elephant Nature Park. If you care about elephants and want to spend time with them then this is the place. The lady who started it (Lek) is incredible and not only let’s you spend time with them, but teaches you about the torture they go through to be ‘trained’ for riding. That’s why here, you can not ride them, but you feed them, bathe them and enjoy being around them. I personally would not recommend any elephant park where they allow tourists to ride the elephants. Lek also teaches mahoots in Thailand new ways to train elephants without any physical abuse, but by using positive reinforcement.
While we were there, there were also almost 1000 dogs which had just been adopted by the park after losing their homes last year due to floods in Bangkok.
There are volunteer opportunities at the park if you’re interested, but if not then the money from your day trip is going towards funding for a great cause.
Here we are with our favourites. Two of a family of three elephants which were the friendliest family in the park. Elephant families are not necessarily related (and in this case none of them are), they just decide who they want to stay with.
Fire sky by motorbike #nofilter
We found Prosecco! Overjoyed.
New Year's Eve sanctuary, Chiang Mai
Me and my King
Happy 2013!
Kuang Si Falls #nofilter (credit goes to @samwellchilds)
Everyday colours in Luang Prabang
On coming Christmas traffic. Don Det.
Christmas 2012?! Looks like it minus the snow
Si Phan Don – Four Thousand Islands
Vietnamese Christmas chow
Cu Chi tunnels, HCMC. Not sure why I'm so excited about going into a bunker…
Saigon – the lollipop lady's nightmare
Genuine fake Ray Bans for 2 squids
Serendipity Beach, Cambodia
Cambodian BBQ: The only way to socialise
Miss Wong's
Angkor Wat sunrise #nofilter
Preas Kan, Angkor
Siem Reap tuk-tuk adventures
Floating markets
The Grand Palace, Bangkok
Bangkok's beauty
Bangkoktail…
Street food with one of the locals in Bangkok
New & old friends at the cricket willow #thedayafter
Bocce & balls
The 'I dos'
Magical
Mr Kim, Mrs Mike & beautiful bridemaids
Handsome groomsmen Mr Childs & Big T
Wedding fun kicks off…
Beautiful bride-to-be @stroppyfairy
Daylesford lakeside house
Parkville home in Melbourne with Em, Ed, Mike & Kim. Cute as a button.
Mrs Mike & Mr Kim wedding shenanigans begin at the Daylesford lakeside house
No nonsense Aussie sign
Making mischief
Movida aqui food coma
Melbourne graffiti
#lonelydefector
Portsea beach bathing fun
Red Hill wine tasting
Moolloolabah beach time
Lovebirds, Marty & Emma in Brizzy
Rose bay, Sydney
Double bay, Sydney
Sunny Sydney from the water
Kimmy's room with a view, Kiama
Berry tea & scones
Berry tea & scones
Says it all, a fond adios to Chile.
Ponché
Apple cart
Shoe garden
Santiago, pisco sours
Iechyd Da Air Canada!
On the road again…
Cabana 3 & a fond farewell to friends
2.3kg steak anyone? Hungry boys cook up a storm
Post a sneaky 2am dip in lake Lacar
Our empanada cook off. The fruits of our labour. Yummy.
Scorcher of a day in San Martin
Cooking up an asado parilla at our cabana by Largo Trufal
Kayaking in the Argentine lake district
Cheese, wine & all things fine
The ice was more aged than the whisky! Salute!
Perito Moreno glacier, El Calafate
Tierra Del Fuego, End of the World – Ushuaia
Sun setting over the vineyards of Maipu, Mendoza
Buenos Aires blues
Retro ride in Palermo Soho, Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires sky
Travelling on a shoestring… early birthday treat from Señor Childs!!
Happy Birthday Me!
Tree Art, Buenos Aires
La Casa de las Empanadas
Chato's wine tasting, Cafayate
View from the bus, approaching wine country on 'Ruta de vino'
San Roque Capilla
San Roque Iglesia, Talapampa, Argentina
It's a dog's life…
Samuel va al dentista
Looking for a good dentist in Salta? Pablo Minetti is his name and fixing teeth is his game. He doesn’t speak any English but his son speaks a bit. Part of a tooth removed and a temporary filling all for £14. Jobs a good’un!
Humahuaca, Argentina
The cowboy & the Indian
Puerto Diablo. Yee-ha!
Sam making his mark on Tupiza
Tea time in Sucre
Garden giggles, Sucre
Sucre, the city of secret courtyards
Looks like your average saltena. But it's the greatest and best empanada in the world.
Immense fruit salad from Sucre market for a quid
Chuflay happy hour in Sucre. And cards of course. Always a game of cards.
Pumping some iron.
All aboard the El Dorado bus
Some messages for Gladys for her cafe in La Paz
La Vispera, a little piece of paradise in Samaipata
A glimpse of a bride, Cochabamba Plaza Principal
Free shots here for every time we spot Beckham. 2 down…
Olympics opening ceremony. Great atmosphere but everyone who's not British looks perplexed…
Our review of Puno
Estrellaitar
Sam in guitar heaven at the Museo de Instrumentos Musicales, La Paz
Isla del Sol, Lake Titicaca – a night on the island and we've lucked out on another room with a view
Room with a view – Copacabana, Bolivia
Arequipa city by night from our hostel terrace
Proof Tul is now a little hiker… Who'd have thought it?!
Before…
After
The Mohawk
Inca Kola
Sun setting over the Amazon jungle
Too much luggage to handle! We have to send the guitar back…
Mi gusta Cusquena
Two weeks in and we've popped the Maccy D cherry
A note from some friends we met on the inca trail
Vino tinto time. Baco's wine cava.
A little treat. Celebrating having finished the mighty 45km inca trail
Viva El Peru
Roasted guinea pigs anyone?!
We ate like kings! 2 course lunch for £1.25 at San Pedro mercado in Cuzco
Plaza de Armas, Cusco
Mate de coca (coca tea), Cusco
Arequipa
Getting pisc’d up
Ceviche
Milaflores
Pisco power
Happy hour (well someone’s happy anyway)!
Despite Iberia, we made it to Lima!
Last glass (ahem… bottle) of Prosecco for a while
Look who turned up to wave us off!
‘The late Ben Childs’ turning up in plenty of time to see us off. Good to see you bruvlar ;)