One night in Bangkok
Possibly not as exciting as the song title suggests. The first impression is of a good hotel slightly wearing at the edges, however ...
Start of the journey home
All journeys start with a single step…well this one starts with 323 steps to breakfast - which was as good as ever - followed by a ...
Another day in paradise
Hammered down with rain overnight, room service was the only sane option. But the sun shone…. And jet skis have arrived at ...
It’s a long way to Tipperary
Just to prove how hard done by we are our room number (329) almost exactly matches the number of steps necessary to get to breakfast ...
The Internet is Phuket
So cries of anguish across the resort as the WiFi was down - can’t download todays Guardian.. By 08:00 however the status quo was ...
So this is Phuket
Having slept through the night and the weather not being as bad as expected, off to breakfast and a walk along the beach. View ...
Another day – another 2 flights….
Transfer day - again - off to the airport to fly from Siem Reap to Bangkok and then onwards to Phuket. The two cases were checked ...
Tuesday – busy times in Cambodia
Arrived late last night, the hotel had kindly put aside some sandwiches and wine for us even though they aren’t running their ...
Monday 17th – transfer day
We are moving on but this morning we decided to walk into town - although possibly the Venice of Vietnam it was mainly occupied with ...
16th October – weather update, still raining
Not entirely unexpected, the rain returned this morning - but a least the flood levels have dropped. Breakfast view (with added ...
A hard rains gonna fall
So the roads and fields are flooded, outside the hotel its about 18 inches deep and the staff are quite strongly recommending not ...
Choo Choo – Da Nang here we come
So now for 2.5 hours on the train heading to Da Nang. We are being met at the far end by our driver & our bags for the transfer ...