Category Archives: Travel

Playing tourist at the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Mike

Last week we had another long, long weekend because of the Queens birthday/Mothers Day holiday so with lots of people leaving town, and it being low tourist season, I thought it might be a good time to revisit one of … Continue reading →

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Bangkok traffic ..taxis, tuk-tuks and pink elephants

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Mike

With all the traffic around the Grand Palace it’s no wonder the King and royal family moved out of the Grand Palace many years ago !

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A love triangle …The prince, the mermaid and the giant

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Mike

I’ve just spent a few days on Ko Samet island, the first thing you see as you arrive at the pier is this statue of Pisuea Samut, one of the characters in a famous Thai poem written a couple of … Continue reading →

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Eating and walking through the “Village of Love”

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Mike

One of the oldest and most cosmopolitan districts of this cosmopolitan city is Bang Rak, the Village of Love. Although there is another theory that it was originally named after the rak tree (which sounds the same but is spelled … Continue reading →

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Belated congratulations

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Mike

Just a quick post to congratulate Richard and Sophie from Morgan Safari on their arrival in London. I met these two when we were camped next to each other on a beach in Western Australia, when they were nearing the … Continue reading →

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Some random thoughts on Vientiane

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Mike

I’ve just finished downloading the last of my photos from Vientiane, and found a few more to illustrate what I thought in my last post, about how the best way to see a new city is to just walk around … Continue reading →

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