A day in Vientiane
Now, I have to be honest with you, I am a bit templed out! Today’s guide met us in the hotel reception at the appointed hour and off we went. I’m afraid I can’t...
Monthly Archive: November 2014
And so to Vientiane
Today was a travel day, so not too much excitement. We were picked up on time at our hotel and taken by our usual driver, (how quickly one gets used to these things!), to...
Luang Prabang Day Two
So, having been rather lax about giving my brief report yesterday, I posted it earlier today. So now for today’s report, (which is, of course, about yesterday … confused, you will be!). Now, I’m...
Luang Prabang
No blog yesterday. It has to be said, that we are a little travel weary at the moment. Having been out on the daily excursions, we got back to our hotel and I fell...
The Mekong River Day 2
We awoke this morning to the sound of elephants. It transpires that elephants are brought down to the banks of the Mekong River every morning to be washed by their keepers, (the Mahout). The...
To Luang Prabang by boat …
Today did not start well. I awoke at 3.30am feeling distinctly under the weather. We were due to rise, in any event, at 5:15am as we had to depart early for the border between...
Chiang Rai & the Golden Triangle
Having had a rather damp start to our visit to Chiang Rai, we woke this morning with some anticipation of better weather. Not so, I’m afraid! It was still raining. Our guide for the...
And so to Chiang Rai
Now first, my dear reader, let me clear one bit of confusion up about our latest location. Chiang Rai is also spelt Chiangrai, and is sometimes spelt Chiang-Rai – clear? Excellent, then let’s move on!...
Tour Bangkok in a Day!
Now, I do realise that this is a ridiculous statement. Nobody could do Bangkok in a day! But our tour guide today says that she thinks we pretty much did. I must say that...
A day of rest!
Today, our second day in Bangkok, is officially for us, a day of rest. We have a pretty hectic schedule coming up over the next three weeks and we need a bit of ‘R&R’...
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