by Tony in Thailand | Feb 22, 2018 | Attractions and Places - Other
8 Nov 2017 – The King’s Memorial We have just returned from a couple of days in Bangkok and were incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to visit the memorial site for the late king’s cremation ceremony in the Grand palace precinct. What a...
by Tony in Thailand | Mar 20, 2017 | Attractions and Places - Other
Reading the heading you don’t need to be a genius to tell that this could well be the second post sharing our recent holiday experience in Phuket and you’d be right:-) You can find Part 1 HERE. This is a long read so get a coffee. For those of you who...
by Tony in Thailand | Mar 17, 2017 | Attractions and Places - Other
One of the things on my “must do” list here is to take Gaun’s younger sister and her husband, Yuan and Lud, away from the Isaan life for a holiday on a regular basis. This is because otherwise they never stop working seven days a week 365 days a...
by Tony in Thailand | Sep 18, 2016 | Attractions and Places - Other
This is the story of our second day travelling the backroads from Isaan to the small northern city of Nan. You can read about the first long day HERE. We started the day from our overnight stop at the Hobby Hotel in Uttaradit on a downer with a useless Thai breakfast....
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 23, 2016 | Attractions and Places - Other
This is the second part of a long post based on our recent visit to Ubud in Bali and a comparison of it and my experiences of Thailand. You can find Part 1 HERE. I have included some of Gaun’s photos, which are taken on a small camera so the photo quality varies...
by Tony in Thailand | Jul 19, 2016 | Attractions and Places - Other
I thought I would try to take a different angle on reporting back on our recent trip to Ubud in Bali. Rather than just publish a set of photos with comments I am going to include some of my impressions on the variations between Thailand and Bali and also a few...
by Tony in Thailand | Mar 31, 2016 | Attractions and Places - Other
If you find yourself in Bangkok on a weekend and you enjoy shopping then Chatuchak markets are the place for you. Set on 27 acres or 70 rai for Thai farang or 11 hectares for the decimal literate, these markets are huge and you are sure to find something to slip into...
by Tony in Thailand | Mar 30, 2016 | Attractions and Places - Other
I have been pretty quiet on the blog for various reasons but this post makes up for my absence by being a long one with lots of supplementary sidetracks from topic that longer term readers are used to. Enjoy. Nong Nooch gardens are a strange addition to the nightclub...
by Tony in Thailand | Oct 29, 2015 | Attractions and Places - Other
I find that a good time to make an assessment of how my life is travelling for me is when I return home from a holiday. I can remember times in Canberra when I could feel the weight of my everyday life descend on me, especially the return to my work, a job that paid...
by Tony in Thailand | Mar 5, 2015 | Attractions and Places - Other
I will be gaining a whole new reader base with this topic heading although I think they might be quickly disappointed once they get into the post! Sorry guys move on. For those of you who find this sentence mystifying the heading is based on the terminology used...
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