Author Archives: Barry

Of course a busy day had to be followed by an early start. 😊 Up at 5AM, finally I realise there really are two 5 o’clocks per day. Today we were off to see / participate in a daily routine, … Continue reading →

We headed down for breakfast around 0745 for an 0830 pick up. Today was a mixed bag of visits with our first stop being the Royal Palace Museum. It was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for the King … Continue reading →

We almost made it #1 at breakfast again, but had to settle for #2 this morning. It was then a quick 10 minute trip into the airport. It was during this trip that we discovered our guide made jewellery and … Continue reading →

Ok, I know you’re all suffering withdrawal symptoms after missing yesterdays blog!! There were a couple of reasons, it was a long day with not too much time to write and I was suffering from a cough/cold which seemed to … Continue reading →

Tomorrow is purely a travel day, I’ll write today’s entry then.

Today we headed off to Chiang Mai in the Northern part of Thailand. This meant another early start to our day. The restaurant opened for breakfast at 0630, we were there at 0628, and were the first customers! That was … Continue reading →

The good news was that we received our Cambodia visas. The day before we left I got an eMail saying that the Cambodian govt. had revised their Visa requirements with immediate effect! This involved answering numerous questions on line, providing … Continue reading →

An early start to the day (for us!), 8AM! It appears that Thai meteorologists are no better than our own, yesterdays forecast was for 0% chance of rain. When we woke up it was pi$$ing down. Our first stop was … Continue reading →

It seems as though our electronics do not like to travel! Lyn’s cell phone got stuck on the boot up page, and after a little fiddling, it now refuses to turn on. Next I tried to adjust my watch to … Continue reading →

As I said yesterday, just a travel day. As many of you may be aware we have developed an aversion to turning right when we board an aircraft, i.e. we fly business class on long haul flights. If you are … Continue reading →