The travels and musings of Matt and Heidi
The Buddha Tree at Ayutthaya. The Buddha Tree grows amongst the ruins of Wat Mahathat and is one of the most iconic images of Thailand. The head was once part of a sandstone Buddha image occupying the Wat in Ayutthaya, which was the capital of Thailand (then called Siam) at the time. In 1767 the... Continue Reading →
I believe these magnificent mollusks are a type of Giant African Land Snail. They were introduced into Asia via China c1931 as a source of food and can grow as large as 20 centimetres long. These ones were a lot smaller at approximately 10 - 12 centimetres long at full stretch. I'm on the hunt... Continue Reading →
We have been here for exactly four weeks now. A lot has happened. We have got ourselves mobile on bikes, I have enrolled in Lao language classes, Matthew has started his internship at Vientiane International School and even done the odd spot of teaching. What is it like here? We arrived by small plane (the... Continue Reading →
Messing about by the River A cycle by the Mekong (on my new bike) Ice in the beer Lao Frogs for lunch What could be better?
Ph1 bar had it all going on. Jazz, with Charlie Chaplain's Gold Rush playing in the background (classy) and Osie doing his bartender impression of Bryan Brown from the movie Cocktail.
Of course bugs weren't the only thing we got to eat, and Bangkok's street vendors really produced some lovely food. Many of the apartments in Bangkok don't have kitchens so street vendors cook food from breakfast through to midnight. They often live above the place where they sell the food so it's freshly cooked and... Continue Reading →
We took a Street Life tour on our first night in Bangkok to sample some of the local cuisine. Our guide, Minnie, scoured the food vendors for some insect delicacies on a dare...
Well we're outta here. Flight leaves this morning at around 9:30 am and then we begin, what is ostensibly going to be, twelve months of summer. We will be back in Sydney in December and staying until the end of February, before heading back to Asia to complete my internship. After that - who knows... Continue Reading →
Wish You Were Here 