Markets, Motorbikes and Massages
Sawadee kha one and all. We have travelled north to Chiang Rai and onward to Chiang Mai. Unfazed by jet lag we decided to spend our first afternoon exploring the city of Chiang Rai. We strolled the streets, moseyed through the market, visited the temples and marvelled at all the amazing sights and sounds around […]
One Night in Bangkok
The song “One Night in Bangkok” (from the musical Chess) was the soundtrack in my brain yesterday evening as we drove through the night to our hotel in Bangkok. I was wondering does that happen to a lot of people or was it just me. We had just come off an 18 hour flight from […]
Close Encounters of the Buffalo Kind
credit: (American Buffalo or Bison) While working for a summer in Estes Park, Colorado (gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park) I took a few days off, borrowed a friend’s car and set out to explore. I had over a number of previous visits to Colorado seen many of the glorious sights that the state has to […]
Port Arthur and the Tasman Peninsula
 On a recent trip ‘down under’ we spent 10 days touring the beautiful Australian island state of Tasmania. And it is truly a world apart. Lying 150 miles of the SE coast of Australia this historic and picturesque island has a very different feel to it’s mainland cousin. Life moves at a slower and […]
A Night in Saint Arnaud
I can almost guarantee, few if any of you have been to Saint Arnaud on the south island of New Zealand. It is a small Alpine village in the Saint Arnaud Range, more populated during the ski season than the New Zealand Springtime, when we chose to visit. But after a glorious day hiking in […]
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