Category Archives: Travel

Mandalay, the photos

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Mike

Well here are the promised/threatened photos ! I have already written about Mandalay, so I’ll just let the pictures tell the story. These are from around the old “Royal Mandalay” area, where the palace, most of the important temples, and … Continue reading →

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A quick update – dateline Yangon

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Mike

To repeat a Kipling quote from my last post, This is Burma, and it is quite unlike any place you know about I am in Yangon now, where the Internet is slightly above snail pace, so time for an update … Continue reading →

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Burmese Days – Mandalay

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Mike

It is a rather disagreeable town-it is dusty and intolerably hot,and is said to have five main products beginning with P,namely, pagodas, pariahs, pigs, priests and prostitutes. So said George Orwell of Mandalay (in his early novel Burmese Days) ,when … Continue reading →

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GoPro 4 Silver v Nikon 1 AW1

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Mike

I’ve finally got around to sorting through the photos I took on my trip to Ko Phi Phi a couple of weeks ago. As I mentioned previously apart from my D800 camera I had the loan of a GoPro 4, … Continue reading →

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Phi Phi Island

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Mike

As I mentioned some weeks ago I was headed to Ko Phi Phi (pronounced as kaw pee pee)for a week on the beach, I’ve finally got around to writing a blog about it. I first went there around 20 years … Continue reading →

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Ancient Ayyuttaya

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Mike

I’ve just spent a few days in Ayyuttaya, the ancient capital of Siam, wandering around the old ruins. This is Wat Chai Wattanaram, which apparently was buried in the jungle until around 40 years ago. Photo is a panorama from … Continue reading →

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