Rebecca and the World

Happy new year!

Rebecca — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:39:22 +0000

Happy new year! I can’t believe how quickly this year has flown by, and that we’re now on the doorstep of yet another year… and more adventures and surprises! I feel like I am perpetually writing these words: sorry, but I’m behind on the blog. Working crazy hours is not helping. There have been [...]

Angkor Thom in pictures

Rebecca — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:10:45 +0000

Before I went to Cambodia, I thought there was just Angkor Wat. Naively, I didn’t realise there was a whole city of amazing ruins and that Angkor Wat was just one part – granted, a very important part – of the huge complex that is Angkor Thom. It’s hard to walk around Angkor Thom without being [...]

Chiang Mai in pictures

Rebecca — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:35:10 +0000

Our trip to Thailand and Cambodia back in May this year seems like a lifetime ago! We have been so busy here in our new home of Papua New Guinea and I have been neglecting my blog terribly I’m going to make more of an effort to post more often and to start, here are [...]

Free bush knife anyone?

Rebecca — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:17:45 +0000

Flicking through the newspapers in PNG is always interesting and you’re bound to stumble on something shocking or hilarious. My favourite one from a few weeks ago was this one. Where else but PNG would you get a free bush knife (essentially a machete) with your paint?

How much do you know about Papua New Guinea?

Rebecca — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:21:14 +0000

I’ve been living in Papua New Guinea for seven weeks now, and many in the blogging world have asked me: “Where exactly is Papua New Guinea?” Good question. This is a country that is certainly off the travel radar, and for my friends in the US or Europe, it’s not likely that PNG would make [...]