February 18-24, 2014 We traveled to Eeklo, Belgium, to attend the funeral of my beloved aunt Annie, who passes away rather suddenly. She will always have a special place in my heart. And I will miss her. It was good…
Saturday, February 15, 2014 The train to Bagan was special. Hard to tell exactly how old the train carriages are, probably from the 50’s or 60’s. It sort of had an old world charm, until the train started moving. And…
Saturday, February 27, 2014 We left the Khao Yai NP and this time opted for ‘fastest route’ to our next destination, which put us on highways (with even more manic drivers, truck and others). Also, somehow we found this part…
Sunday, January 26, 2014 (Australia Day) Before driving out of Phitsanulok we made a quick detour via the Starbucks in the shopping Plaza – everynow and then it’s nice to be able to simply order a ‘grande non fat latte’…
Monday, January 20, 2014 Pha Yao is set along Kwan Phayao, a wetland (with artificially controlled water level, to prevent it from drying out in the ‘dry’ season), which makes for a very pleasant lake and ’embarcadero’. We arrived here…
We’d heard a lot of positive things about this city (Thailand’s second) and it lived up to its expectations. The old city is surrounded by a moat full of fountains. Ayutthay and Sukhothai are also surrounded by moats but both…
Saturday, January 11, 2014 After a birthday skype with Stephen’s mum we left Mae Sot towards Mae Sariang. About 48kms north of Mae Sot we passed a very extensive Burmese refugee camp. On either side there were army checkpoints. Access…
Friday to Monday, January 3-6, 2014 Approaching the UNESCO World Heritage City of Ayutthaya it dawned on me that I had actually been here before, albeit for a very short visit, in 2005, on a whirlwind trip to some cities…
Friday, January 3, 2014 ‘Milk meeting on the River Khwae’ Getting our respective coffee and tea for breakfast we missed fresh milk so Stephen went to get some from our car fridge. Another guest made a comment to her husband about…
Thursday, January 2, 2014 My little travel clock said 6:14am and I was wide awake. Being only about a 10 minute walk from The Bridge over the River Khwae, I leapt out of bed, got dressed, grabbed my camera and…
Sunday, December 29, 2013 We continued North through some lovely countryside eventually making it to the East Cost of Thailand and the town of Prachuap Khiri Khan. This sleepy town is famed for its fresh seafood and we certainly enjoyed…
Saturday, December 28, 2013 We drove 205 kms from Khao Sok NP to Ranong. Google states that it 2h44mins, but in reality it takes longer. Don’t get me wrong: the roads are good. But the driving style of the Thais is reckless…
Friday, December 27, 2013 Upon arriving here (after the drive from Phang Nga) finding accommodation proved a bit of a challenge: we looked at 5 different places, 2 of which were full and 3 were ‘mmmm only if it’s the…
Thursday, December 26, 2013 Yesterday, upon driving towards the hotel we’d scoped out a week ago on our way through here to Phuket, we saw the same man we’d talked to then about a boat trip. We agreed on a…
Thursday, December 19, 2013 We drove straight to Phuket Old Town where we’d decided to spend the night. After checking in we went for an evening stroll in the old town. Contrary to Ao Nang (and as it turned out…
