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Hanna (34) worked as a personal advisor helping young people in and around Cornwall for the past 10 years and is looking forward to spending 24/7 with Tehya for the next year. What more could a mummy wish for.

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Three nights at Coral Beach 2 on Gili Trawangan - Lombok

The sea, beach and snorkelling from Coral Beach 2 were all amazing - we felt the sea life was as impressive as the Perhentian Islands ten years ago. The sea was warm and clear - the beach white and sandy without too much coral to cut feet. Gavin went snorkelling several times on his own [...]

12Oct2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Gili Trawangan Lombok

A late night packing and then an early early morning start (30-09-08) a quick goodbye to Tehya’s Australian friend Owen and we were jumping into the free mini bus that was booked to take us to Benoa and the Blue Water Express boat company. Our tickets to the Gili’s were not cheap 2,600,000 Rp in [...]

9Oct2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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Ubud and The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary - Mandala Wista Wenara Wana

The drive to Ubud was hard, we were already tired from driving around the Amed coast and our inland search for tourist sights that morning. We are becoming used to our decision making processes though. We tend to make last minute decisions about most things. The process tends to go: research, chat, more research, decision [...]

21Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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An East Coast Adventure - Sanur - Candidasa - Amed

Getting ready!!
Two days before Becca left Bali Gavin started to get itchy feet and hired a moped for five days. We have been curious to check out the east coast of Bali for some time now - it is the only part of the coast we have not been too. So we started to plan [...]

17Sep2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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Aunty Becca - Lovina and the Dolphins

We booked into the Rini hotel for two nights as we had little planned except to relax more and visit with Ayu and and her children at Apple Warung. After our early night and some much needed sleep we were all feeling a little better - although Becca’s throat was still incredibly sore…. we all [...]

10Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Aunty Becca - Balian to Lovina with a sore throat

We left Kuta in high spirits with a very full car!!! It is hard enough to fit two adults and one child with all their luggage into a Suzuki Jimmy -  let alone three adults, a child and all their luggage! With Gavin’s genius packing we managed and you could even say that we had [...]

7Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Aunty Becca visits Bali

Becca arrived from England on the 21st of August - we met her from Denpasar airport full of excitement and eager anticipation. Gavin had been tracking her flight from Heathrow via Singapore to Denpasar and was full of anxiety. As we waited for her to come through from the arrivals lounge he kept pacing the [...]

5Sep2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Lovina’s Holy Hot Srings - Air Panas, Banjar

14th July - As ever our attempts to leave the hotel early were thwarted by our inability to organize ourselves. One might think that as we have been able to get ourselves half way around the world with a three year old!! That we do in fact poses these skills… but I am starting to [...]

30Jul2008 | Hanna | 2 comments | Continued
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Brahma Wihara Arama – Dharma the Bali way!!!!

13th July – today we drove back along the coast towards Seririt to visit the Buddhist temple. I have seen various temples around Asia and they all have a different slant on the way they look depending on what the cultural influence are. For example in Penang, Malaysia most have a Chinese theme with lots [...]

23Jul2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Visa runs and Friends from England

We drove to Kuta and met with friends who have agreed to be our sponsors - this will mean that we do not have to leave the country (fly) to extend our stay. A fact that I am very glad about!!!! The cost is 550000Rp each - about 30 pounds each. We have also had [...]

12Jul2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Sanur then Nusa Lembongan - Bali - Indonesia

We headed from Balian (west coast) to Sanur (east coast) on the 16th of June - our new friends Chris and Nadine and their three boys were off for a surf trip to an island called Nusa Lembongan. After hearing about it from them and reading up on the surf breaks Gavin and I [...]

27Jun2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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Balian - saying goodbye to Taylor!!!

We had a difficult time last week!! Tehya’s dear friend Taylor went back to Australia and it was very very sad. Robyn, Mark and Taylor came to visit with us in Balian and we had a lovely time - Mr Oble indulged us with a night of Arak which resulted in hilarious conversation!! The [...]

19Jun2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Pupuan Waterfall (possibly called Blahmantung) - Bali

Friday the 6th of June - We have been at the surf break on the Balian river mouth, staying with Mr Oble the owner of Balian Segara for a week now. It has been a real pleasure to be here. We have had several trips out to places including Internet at Shankari’s yoga retreat and [...]

11Jun2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Bali - Another chapter!!!!

We have been here in Bali for 10 days now and it has been a very mixed time. I have found it really hard to find the enthusiasm to write on the blog since hearing about Terry’s passing. I did not know him in the same way that Gavin did or for as long but [...]

29May2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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Leaving Mira Beach

What a wonderful time we have had, it is crazy but every day that goes by you can feel your self slipping away from the ability to tell the day of the week or what month it is. Mira Beach with its back drop of ever green forest and coconut trees has to be one [...]

4May2008 | Hanna | 4 comments | Continued
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Train to Malaysia and Mr Lees guest house - Kota Bharu!!!!

The best laid plans of mice and men!!! I arranged a lift to the train station through Oodie the guy at My Way. It was all a little confusing so we asked to be collected at 6.00pm thinking that way if the tuk tuk failed to arrive we would still have time to get ourselves [...]

16Apr2008 | Hanna | 5 comments | Continued
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Happy New Year - Thai style!!!! 2551

04/13/51 - 04/14/51 (13/04/08 - 14/04/08) Wet! Wet! Wet! oh and lots of talcum powder……we went out on the 13th to do a quick run for water and bread and what a sight the whole of Hua Hin gone mad…. it was totally hilarious. The local people stand by the side of the the road [...]

14Apr2008 | Hanna | 0 comments | Continued
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Heat rash and Head lice!!!!!

Well we have all been coping well with the heat considering that April is probably the hottest month here in Thailand. Gavin and Tehya both have mild heat rash on their chests and the backs of their necks. We went to a chemist yesterday and bought some mild antihistamine gel which we keep cool in [...]

10Apr2008 | Hanna | 2 comments | Continued
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Staying at Jon’s in Hua Hin

Well there isn’t any air con………. and he has two little Shih Tzu (highlight the shi in the bread) and they tend to leave little doggy parcels on any item of clothing, bags etc left outside. Other than that the house he has is very nice and has all the amenities needed. Hua Hin is [...]

3Apr2008 | Hanna | 2 comments | Continued
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Leaving 5 star luxuary!

01/04/08 We said good bye to the Dusit Thani Bangkok today, it was such a wonderful if expensive experience. It was certainly a fantastic honeymoon, I had not imagined such a stunning hotel with such kind and welcoming staff. We booked our selves onto the Dusit sprinter to Hua Hin and arrived with Jon after [...]

2Apr2008 | Hanna | 1 comment | Continued
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