Thanks to my little bout of whatever it was (I still blame the spring roll, but hubby thinks my symptoms were more like that of a migraine) we didn’t get out and about too much …
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It’s a Wrap…Bangkok
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Jim Thompson House…
This post was originally published in 2013 on our previous visit to Bangkok. Given, though, that we re-visited Jim Thompson House this year, I’m re-posting…with new pics. ‘Jim Thompson?’ my husband asked, ‘who the …
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Songkran – the biggest water fight in the world…
The biggest water fight in the world. The streets are filled with guns – but not the kind that can cause you any harm. These guns use water as ammunition – and there’s certainly plenty …
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Kamala Village Markets…
I’m not a shopper. There’s something about those great air-conditioned malls that sets my teeth on edge. I think it has something to do with the lack of windows, or that anything could be happening …
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The Palms, Kamala…
Ok, I’m about to go out on a limb here…The Palms at Kamala has been the best accommodation the three of us have stayed in in Asia. In any holiday. There, I said it. Sure, …
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Kamala Beach
There’s a reason why I’ve delayed telling you too much about where we’ve spent the last few days- because I don’t want the secret to get out. Most people who know of the island of …
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It’s a nice day for a beach wedding
We first saw them posing out of the side of the tuk tuk that had been freshly polished for the occasion. ‘Isn’t that cute?’ I said to Sarah. Then they were cavorting on the beach, …
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The Baggage thing…
As I mentioned yesterday, we’re in Phuket at the moment. Despite the rocky start with the luggage, it’s bliss here. To back-track, we left London just after 8pm on Monday evening. We’d checked out of …
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Thai Pancakes
We’re in Phuket. Well, Kamala Beach on Phuket Island to be exact. If you’ve been keeping up with my twitter account, you’d know that thanks to a mishap of the luggage kind, this hasn’t been …
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Ayuthaya…
Old Siam. It sounds like, I don’t know, like some place exotic, palatial, a place where spices and silks were traded. It sounds like it would have been a place where majestic barges paraded up …
