We have landed and it is boiling! about 35 degrees what a contrast…. Flight was long and squashed but luckily we had a nice aircon room to crash in when we got to Bangkok. We have been busy bees, already we have visited many temples, seen a giant buddha, an emerald buddha, lots of monks Read More »
Long time no blog! Well Thailand was mega and most enjoyable, cheap and totally unscarey. We stayed on Koh Chang (Elephant Island) for nearly 2 weeks, got our lovely little seaview hut in Bang Bao which was an old fishing village at the bottom tip of the island, the pier was flanked either side with Read More »
Namaskar from India! JAIPUR We started our whirlwind tour of Rajasthan on November 22nd and the first city on our list after Bikaneer (which has the best jalebi on the planet) was Jaipur. But on the way, we visited the Karni Mata Temple (aka Rat Temple). This temple visit is not for the squeamish because Read More »
last month.i took a trip to panyu! The million sunflowers park.!ALL of us like photographing,and this is a good place to take pic!We had a lot of good pic thereAnd there is a cartoon world..very interersting,And many parents took their children to visit there ,smell the flower many couples took thier wedding photoes there. And Read More »
This blog won’t arouse too much interest this time around and I apologize for that. Quite honestly it is even difficult for me to write because it’s so boring. But here goes……… Two and a half weeks ago I went into Bangkok for arthroscopic surgery on my left shoulder. For those who know me well, Read More »
Arrived in Saigon feeling none too shabby despite the journey – arrived in the early evening right in the heart of backpacker / tourist ville, with huge numbers of hotels, bars and tourists of all shapes and sizes. We spent a couple of days roaming the streets, which was pretty good fun, watching the city Read More »
Videos in the Playlist: 1: Wedding Firecrackers 42 secs 1 additional video(s) currently being processed This will be replaced by the player. // I haven’t added an entry for a couple weeks now…so I have a nice little collection of videos and photos from November to post about. Video 1 Because of the upcoming Expo, Read More »
This Thanksgiving, instead of eating Chinese interpretation Thanksgiving food at some expensive buffet for American expats, John and I decided to visit the nearby town of Suzhou. Suzhou is supposedly renowned for being the Venice of China, and having visited both Venice and China, I can sort of see it… Both have canals running through Read More »
26th – 29th November 2009 We decided to spend sometime in Hong Kong over the Hari Raya Holidays. Never mind that both of us had travelled to the former British Territory on separate occasions. Never mind that Hong Kong was never my ideal destination as it reminded too much of home. There were always certain Read More »
Hello from Baan Unrak in Thailand!! i have been here for 8 days now and wanted to give you a quick update! for everyone who has donated, the total when i left sydney was just over $3 000 dollars – which was an incredible effort and almost covered the program fee (not including airfares, insurance Read More »
