January 2010
Christmas in Oz
Sat 9th Jan 2010 — drewIt was a much longer flight to Australia than either of us were expecting taking 9 hours - the same as our flight from London to Delhi. This made us appreciate that despite the "world getting smaller" due to cheap flights and technology, it is still a rather big place. When the map on the plane showed that we were over Darwin but still had over 4 hours of the flight remaining, we also realised quite how big Australia is. Apart from a large lightning storm, which Heather was blissfully unaware of but rather unnerved Drew, the flight was pretty uneventful.
Chilling out in Chiang Mai
Mon 18th Jan 2010 — drewOur next project is not due to start until February and we decided to use the intervening time to visit the north of Thailand so booked a train up to Chiang Mai, one of the main cities in the northern region.
A scooter, a farm, and sulphurous spas
Mon 25th Jan 2010 — drewWe're posting this from the train on the way back down South to Bangkok (via the magic of cheap internet access on the mobile phone network here in Thailand). We've really enjoyed spending some time around Chiang Mai, and are hoping that we're not going to find it unbearably hot and humid as we get back to the capital, and later onwards toward our next project further South still.