Eastern & Orient Express – Bangkok to Kanchanaburi (River Kwai)
Last year as an extra special treat for my Birthday, my darling husband arranged for us to take the Eastern and Orient Express from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur. The train does go all the way to Singapore but as were continuing our Asian adventure in Malaysia we got off in the capital. Here is some […]
A Morning with the Terracotta Warriors
As part of our travels in Eastern China last year we were to make a quick 24 hour stop in Xi’an to see the now famous Terracotta Warriors. We were to fly out of Beijing on an early morning flight and arrive […]
There are markets and then there are markets…
There are markets and then there are…. floating markets and train markets. On our recent visit to Thailand we made an trip to Damneon Saduak and Mae Klong, about an 90 minutes drive outside of the capital, Bangkok, in the Ratchaburi and Samut Songkhram regions, to visit these two very unique daily markets. It was a Sunday […]
“Slowly Smiling”
Slowly smiling, thus went the chant of our trekking guide as we made our way up each of the three mountains on our trek through the Karen hill tribe villages north of Chiang Mai. Yuth our guide was part confuscian, with his long locks and goatee whiskers, part mountain goat and an all round chilled […]
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 […]
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