Some of biggest moments in life are the tiniest.

"The Sky is pink

the moon is blue

My heart is a nest

and there's room 

for you too."

Our sweet darling baby boy.

So here it comes...The "Tidal Wave of Travels."

I can't believe I haven't spoken to you or blogged to you in such a long time! Did you get my card?
I miss you nomi-bear, i truly do. 


You will be proud to know I have finally washed my hair with real shampoo and conditioner...I've scrubed my feet until all of the Sapa dirt disappeared and I've de-cavemanised again and my eyebrows are back! Home is a very clean place and i feel like i fit in again! 

See how theres two eyebrows and not one!!??? A MIRACLE

On the 26th of January, I set out on my first big trip without the comfort of my sisters or my dear parents. Dylan, Josh and I travelled through Cambodia, Vietnam and some of Malaysia. 
Seeing as youre not here to gossip about it with me and look over all of the photos that were endlessly taken....Blog Post it will have to be. 
I'm going to use my diary which i wrote in every day to try and help me give you and overview!
So my trip began with mixed emotions... as the cute little Beagle sniffer dog decided I had something in my handbag at the Melbourne airport. So the security pulled me over and we went through the contents of my handbag...and discovered I just had smelly American Dollars! PHEW. 
We then met a man in the long line for boarding the plane, who insisted on telling us what scary and dangerous countries we were travelling too, and that "theres a war going on, don't you know!?"...and that "there are soldiers firing guns everywhere!". Excuse my rude comments when i now say ...what a douche bag. 
We arrived in Kuala Lumpur after the 8 hour flight, and I'm almost embarrassed to say...I was so worried about being poisoned, i didnt use the cutlery.. i blessed my Indian dinner in public and took food poisoning tablets...just to be extra safe! 
I also experienced my first (and only; thank goodness!) Asian Monsoonal downpour!
This is the stunning result that I prepared earlier for you: 

I'm obviously the 'pretty' sister haha

Siem Reap

We arrived in Siem Reap (Cambodia...yes the one where Angelina Jolie adopts babies from) early the next morning...and were greeted by beautiful sunshine and our happy Tuk Tuk driver Linn!

I was super excited as we piled into the tuk tuk and drove into the unorganised...but not too busy streets of Siem Reap to our "Sam So Guest House". (it was so yellow inside Dylan said he felt like he was inside a lemon! haha) 

My little friends from the SamSo Guesthouse :)

It is here where I first really noticed how amazing the Cambodian people are. They are so beautiful, friendly, funny and helpful...you couldn't help but fall in love with most of them! 

The owner had our days in Siem Reap planned out within the first half hour of being there. 

(I'm going to dot point the rest! :) ) 

- Sunset at Angkor Wat (a overwhelmingly HUGE temple)...was splendid! We explored the temple with not many other people as they all decided to go home or something? 

- We also went to Sunrise at Angkor Wat, where we discovered the polar opposite..i have NEVER seen so many people in one spot all taking photos of one thing. It was exhausting! I enjoyed myself laughing with the locals telling me to buy things from their stalls though! "Remember my stall lady! Number 4 Lady Gaga!" "Remember my stall lady!...Number 5 Harry Potter!"...or "Number 7 James Bond" HAHA

- We spent the next three days looking at this city condensed with ancient temples! (we did 14 in one day!) It was a feast for my little eyes, and i sometimes felt dizzy from trying to look at too much at once!

- I got to ride my dear elephant Sophia!! My life was basically made the best ever after that...she was so beautiful :) 

THSSOOOO EXCITING!!!

- We explored the main markets and streets of Siem Reap, which have such an amazing relaxed and fun atmoshphere...even with women yelling "Laaaady...laaady...you buy something from meee". I loved everything about it :) 

- The back streets of Siem Reap showed the true beauty of Cambodia and the humbleness of the people. Families in their little huts by the river cooking dinner together made me smile at the love they obviously have for life and for each other

- we met some locals at a waterfall and were invited to have lunch with them 

- I shouldnt post this on a public forum...but I was so busting at one of the temples i had to bush pee behind a wall at a Hindu-Buddhist Temple. How respectful and ladylike of me. The boys found it absolutely hilarious when there were toilets 200 metres down the road! :/ I'm disgusting. 

- I experienced heat like never before and felt so ill I didn't want to eat a thing...i also had the flu

- We went to a school for orphaned children and got to donate some money :)

- One exciting night we caught up with some of the guys from Brisbane (who we never see in Australia) who happened to also be in Siem Reap! We went out for dinner, I got asked 'personal questions', we let fish eat the dead skin from our feet, we explored the night life of Siem Reap and i found myself in a room with 5 men getting a full body massage? Let's just say I freaked when the lady tried to open the curtains so "we could all have our massages together". how sweet of her. haha. 

Don't we all look so relaxed. :/

Next up is Phnom Penh!

I'm trying to condense as best as i can! (I'll post all the photos on facebook later if you want to see)