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Santa Monica Farmers Market, LA

USA – Los Angeles – Santa Monica & Manhattan Pier – 17th August

We got up early and had the usual breakfast. Every Wednesday in Santa Monica they close off a small section of streets and have a Farmers Market take place. On our way along the beach walk Helen “Hung Tough” and easily beat Dave by going … Read More

Party on the beach, drums and all, Venice Beach, LA

USA – Los Angeles – Venice Beach – 14th & 15th August

Currently the weather in this part of LA has been fairly predictable, overcast / foggy up until noon and then the sun blazes through, 75F give or take a few with a nice cooling breeze near the seafront. However most of the 14th during the … Read More

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Travel Insurance and Accommodation

Travel Insurance We have found a few little gems recently whilst sorting out last minute bits for our trip. After the nightmare we’ve experienced with STA Travel and their very unwillingness to help us with our insurance claim we decided to go a little more … Read More

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From digital negatives to physical prints…

How many people take photographs either back at home or whilst on a round the world travel adventure? And how many actually get them printed rather than leaving them on a hard drive or photo sharing websites? For us; physical prints are a big part … Read More

Luang Prabang, Laos

My (Our) 7 Links

Recently on Twitter we were asked if we had taken part in the “My 7 Links” feature from Tripbase. A week or so later we appeared in Wired2theworlds post and they nominated us to do exactly the same. So we both sat down together and … Read More

Freezing cold in the Rice Terraces of Yuanyang

Notworkrelated Part 2!

Well it’s been just over four months since we returned home from Koh Phangan Island in Thailand due to unexpected circumstances and during this time we have had the chance to rest a little from the stresses of travelling, reminisce about all the great times … Read More

Chungking Mansions of Hong Kong, China.

Travel tips and tricks – Part 3

Hello and welcome… This is part three of our top tips for travelling which we learnt whilst on our first five months away in Asia. Not long now until we head off to Los Angeles USA for some yoga teaching training workshops and exploration of … Read More

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Review and Recipes from the Thai Farm Cooking School, Thailand

We hope you enjoyed attempting some of the previous recipes from our Yangshou Cooking experience, so following on from this we’ve decided to tempt you even further with another review of our second favourite cooking course undertaken whilst travelling in Asia. Helen had previously experienced … Read More

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Review and receipes from our Yangshou Cooking School Experience!

This is the first in a series of reviews taken from our experiences of several cooking classes that we participated in whilst travelling through Asia. We’re both foodies and love to explore new cuisine, this could have something to do with creativity. We both love … Read More

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Travel tips and tricks – Part 2

Hello and welcome… This is part two of our top tips for travelling learnt whilst on our first five months away in Asia. Hopefully some of them will also come in use for our next adventure which we have planned for August 2011. More to … Read More

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Top Five Tours in Asia with Notworkrelated

Here are our top FIVE tours from our Notworkrelated adventure in Asia… 1: Cambodia – Boat trip, beaches and fishing village, Koh Kong Island Company: Koh Kong Eco Tours, organiser Mr T booked from their office next to the Dug Out Guesthouse in Koh Kong. … Read More

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Travel tips and tricks – Part 1

Hello and welcome… As you may or may not know we are currently residing back in the UK! This has given us some time to catch up with family, friends and start sorting through the thousands of photos that we have taken on our five … Read More