Better really late than never!

So, finally we are letting you guys in on the last 3/4 weeks of our travels. Well to say the least, it has been crazy busy!

We had a great final few days in Kuala Lumpur, staying with Mo, our 1st couchsurfing buddy, exploring the city (particularly the air-conditioned parts!) and hanging out with old friends. Gav, a guy that we both new from Brighton, is now living and working there, so we were able to catch up over several very expensive beers in the local Irish Pub - fantastic!!



After KL we spent 30 odd hours in transit - KL to Bangkok, Bangkok to Tokyo and Tokyo to sunny California. And after a little questioning from the immigration official who couldn't understand "why" we were travelling, we were finally stateside again, awaiting the arrival of Warren and Tessa! Tessa was apparently very excited to see us which was demonstrated by her urinating all over the pavement of the arrivals area, thankfully Warren greeted us with big hugs instead of following suit! We spent a wonderful weekend at the ranch decompressing after the long journey and enjoying the company of family once more. And we definitely enjoyed the trip to in'n'out too!



On Monday we left the ranch and cruised over towards the Bay Area to Tiburon to see Aunt Rayna and Uncle Jimmy. We had a great afternoon and a wonderful home cooked meal and great company in the evening before getting another great nights sleep. Tuesday we had another lovely day, went on a great hike where we snuck into the brand new, not yet open, marine wildlife centre, saw "UP" and mentally prepared for the Trivia Night at La Barca that evening. It was a blast! The food was great as usual and it was great to see Vance and Lori as well.

Next we ventured South even further and stopped in SLO to see Grams. We tortured her with a couple hundred of our photos, cooked dinner and ate Ollalaberry Pie! We also spent a great day touring Hearst Castle and looking through more pics and enjoying the opportunity to cook once more.



Come Friday we were rolling down to L.A. in time for lunch with our old work places. But 1st we had to swing by the old apartment in Westwood, completing one full revolution of the World heading East!! We both had great lunches and visited the LACMA for the 1st time before heading over to Erin's to start the night of fun. We had an awesome night meeting up with just about all of our great friends from L.A. and despite having at least one too many drinks we made it home and were up in time to leave L.A. once more. Not before a trip to the legendary Apple Pan for lunch though!

We made it back to the ranch in the early evening and detoxed before heading up to Boonville on Sunday to start pre-show for the festival. We spent the next 4 days working long hours, with short nights, enjoying more family time and getting everything in shape for Thurs/Fri. On Thurs our friends arrived and we celebrated heartily! It was amazing to see everyone again and we had a wonderful weekend with everyone. It was a really spectacular weekend with too many good moments to list them all but we thank everyone from the Vets Hall Camp for coming to Boonville and seeing us again. Even though it meant working the early or late shifts! We love you guys!



Come Monday, the show was over, we all felt great about the weekend but it was now time to start the clean up. Cue the long days and short nights again! Finally on Friday we were able to leave Boonville for another year and relax at the ranch with Warren, Gret, Bette and all the animals before our early start on Sunday.

Well, 34 hours of transit later we arrived here, in Chiang Mai, at our hotel on Tuesday the 30th. Yes, a hotel! We are splurging for our anniversary(Thx Mum & Dad)! We spent thye day lounging around in our suite, sleeping and eating the amazing food. Yesterday we explored the city a little, saw the amazing "Wats" (temples), ate more great food and finished the evening with a few drinks. Today is pretty much a repeat of that! We love it so far in Thailand and are looking forward to seeing Michael, Karle and Jessy on Wednesday and exploring more of it with them.



For now, that seems to be us caught up, so until next time.....