More from our time in Thailand

Here is me watching Jason eat Kao Soi, his favourite Northern thai noodle dish. Since we are vegetarian this is the vegetarian version with deep fried mushrooms in batter in the side bowl (which were tasty, but probably not nearly as healthy as we are used to living)

Street dogs occupy Chiang Mai, it was always an adventure to watch them run around in packs. The are a common sight at temples where the monks don't take objection if a dog walks into the temple and sits down at any time.

What did we do all that time in Asia?

Jason and I ended up being invited to a wedding party in Cambodia and got dragged onto the dance floor.. Jason filmed a short segment below. It was fabulous fun and we would have loved to stay longer but our friend who took us there had other plans for us. The photograph shows Jason not being let go and instead kept dancing on the dance floor. It was incredible fun, if it hadn't been 40˚C / 100˚F then it would have been perfect!

We visited cultural heritage sites, here for example Angkor Wat

We spent time at the Traditional Massage School with our teachers and at the end of our time Birgit did a photo session for the main teachers who are probably starting their own business in Japan soon.

Jason took music lessons with Manop and learnt the traditional instrument called Pin-Pia (in this picture you see his teacher holding a harp) 

Where have we been in 2014 - 2015?

We returned to Cambodia to meet with our friend Kanha who is a fantastic tour guide, specialising on a wide range of activities for tourists with a special focus on the old temple complexes. Kanha has a postgraduate degree in Education and is a really fantastic insider tip if anybody would want to make the most of their time in Siem Reap & at the Angkor Wat temples.We spent 2 weeks in Siem Reap, catching up also with Nakry who recently changed jobs from being employed as a silk farm guide by Artisans D'Angkor to being self-employed as a guide at the temples, too. Most of our time we tried to find cool spaces, the late March climate was often times 100˚F / 40˚C with high humidity. It was great to be able to see the heritage site again and to get a deeper insight into Cambodian culture.