Hi everyone,

Andrea and I are going on a 12-month sabbatical to practice yoga, learn Chinese and travel through Southeast Asia.

Throughout our journey, we want to give back. Without wanting to sound too cheesy, we are incredibly lucky to have this opportunity, and would like to share this feeling wherever our journey will take us.

Through events ahead of our journey and on our travels, we would like to raise money to invest in local charities of the countries we will be travelling through. We are thinking to go to: Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Lao and China. The cover photo is from an outstanding charity, "Be Treed ", recommended by a friend who has already visited the charity.

Please give generously, and if you know of great charities in the region, please let us know, too!

Andrea will be documenting our travels, including sharing reactions to your donations.