Well I suppose I’d better update what’s happened in last few weeks! As they say when you get the travel bug there is no vaccination that can stop it.

Cambodia is now locked in, all booked and paid for. We’re actually doing an organised tour for a change, the blurb from TravelIndoChina website says:
Experience the real Cambodia in just seven days. Beyond the highlights of Phnom Penh lies countryside filled with rice-paddies en route to Siem Reap and the temples of Angkor. By torchlight, creep through the little-used eastern gate in a jungle immersed in darkness to come upon dawn’s first rays shining down upon the amazing Angkor Wat. Visit the ancient temples of Sambour Prei Kuk and float on a remote section of Tonle Sap Lake.
We’ve added a few days on to the end of the tour to enable us to see more of Siem Reap at our own pace, seems there’s quite a bit to see and do that the tour won’t take in..

So that’s April 2015 taken care of.

But wait there’s more, I’ve got Long Service Leave due at the end of this year. We’ve decided to hang on to it until 2016 when I turn 50……. As we love planning holidays almost as much as taking them we’ve been looking at options for this for a while. Well now it’s all sorted, July 2016 and it’s South America here we come! We’ve just booked a 27 day trip through glorious South America. Again I borrow from the tour company website:
Packed full of highlights, this journey showcases the diversity of wonders across the Andes and Amazon. At Cusco, in the Peruvian Andes, be immersed in the ancient culture of the Incas, visit the Sacred Valley and revel in the magnificent citadel ruins of Machu Picchu. At Lake Titicaca, we visit the floating Uros Islands before continuing to the lofty heights of La Paz. The Chilean capital of Santiago is home to some of Chile’s most famous wineries and the lively neighbourhoods and late nights of Buenos Aires. At the border with Brazil, we experience the magnificent might of Iguazu Falls, before finally arriving in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Rio de Janeiro.
This one is going to be huge!!!!

So will this be all we get up to in next 18 months or will we feel the need for a quick getaway between Cambodia and South America, only time will tell….