http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress The life and times of a Cavegirl and her Caveman - Travelling the world Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:19:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We decided on the spur of the moment to arrange a trip to an eco-lodge in the Bolivian Amazon Rainforest... Dashing into a travel agent in La Paz at 6pm, we discussed our options and in (considerably) less than 24 hours, we were on a little plane heading off towards the ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/10/05/tarantulas-monkeys-culture-and-vomitingthe-amazon-rainforest/ Our arrival in the administrative capital of Bolivia - La Paz - literally took our breath away. That tends to happen when you fly from an island paradise a tad over sea level to the heights of the Andes (around 3600m above the salty stuff) in a few hours. Still, ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/08/22/la-paz-et-le-moutard-oh-and-tihuanako/ It is probably worth noting at this point that these entries are being made in retrospect. We're now living in a castle in the south west of England. Relocating, finding jobs, painting walls and digging the garden have left us rather behind with the blog. So...time to ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/07/16/rapa-nui-easter-island-the-adventure-conintues/ Sooooo... The logical way to get from Hong Kong to Easter Island would be to head south, pop into Tahiti for a large cocktail under a palm tree then cruise on deeper into the Pacific to reach the little rock five hours flight from anywhere... We prefer to complicate our ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/04/10/pacific-potterings-and-transiting-lax/ Anyone who remembers our 3 week sejourn in China will remember me swearing (in all manner of ways) that you couldn't pay me to go back. Well, Hong Kong isn't really China is it?! Too right! We had a really great couple of days exploring the main island and ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/04/10/hong-kong-sounds-lights-people-andoh-godchinese-food/ From Siem Reap, we took a tour bus to the border, swiftly abandoned the rest of the group, and took a very comfortable local (Thai) bus back into Bangkok. We stayed another three nights in Bangkok - just enough time to potter round some shops, have another suit fitting and enjoy ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/27/chilling-in-the-sun/ If anyone ever tells you that the staggering array of temples and sacred buildings around the ancient Khmer capital of Angkor are "amazing" or "wonderful" or "splenfumferously spangwobbly astoundingous", they are understating in a big way. Upon arrival in Siem Reap, the modern town just south of the sites, it ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/27/amazing-angkor-three-for-one-dollaaar/ Never ones to do things the easy way, we planned our escape from Thailand to Cambodia the...well...more interesting route. Still, it wouldn't have been half as interesting if we hadn't... It all started off with a five hour train journey (third class) from Bangkok to the border town of Aranya ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/27/an-adventurous-journey/ After all that travelling, were we supposed to find a dingy place on the Khao San Road and spend the next few days running from bedbugs? That sounds like fun! Such a shame we had already booked a place in a lovely four star hotel in the Chinatown area... After the ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/27/a-breather-in-bangkok/ For some reason our tickets were cheaper if we took this weird route. The question bothering both of us the night before while we packed for this mammoth 48 hours of sitting on flights and waiting in airports, was: WILL WE EVER SEE OUR BELOVED, WELL-PACKED, RATHER BATTERED BACKPACKS EVER ... http://cavemantom.co.uk/wordpress/2006/03/17/from-luxor-to-bangkokvia-cairo-barcelona-madrid-stockholm-helsinki/