A week ago I said to Susan:
If I took you away next Saturday would that be okay?
It turns out it was.
No tickets
Only thing was I didn’t have tickets and when I looked it was all sold out! I thought that Big Special were playing Rock City but oh no they were playing next d...
This is my kind of cat!!
Kittens by Underworld absolutely banging. So far it’s better than last night and we’re only half way through. So let’s see.
Kittens Video
Second set
Boom! Just as epic as the first set. Absolutely savage.
They also played and the colour red and the ...
This week has not been the best. For example I updated my phone to the latest software and now every time I make a call it shows me a picture of my mum. I could make it stop doing this but I don’t want to make my mum not be one of my favourites. I’ll get over this but that t...
Today I finished listening to The Rose Field by Philip Pullman read by Michael Sheen. This was the third book in The Book of Dust series.
I absolutely loved this is was so emotional and the narration was so moving at times I cried and other times I laughed out loud.
At the end of the audio book there was an interview with Philip Pullman and Michael Sheen, in that interview they discussed the ideas and themes of the book and commented upon how the current global politics were reflected in the story.
Towards the end Philip Pullman said:
Those who don’t understand or enjoy stories and art are the ones we have to look out for.
I truly recommend The Book of Dust trilogy and I really didn't want it to end.
Imagine being in jail for destroying a drone that was going to be used to kill possibly 100s of innocent people.
Imagine being in jail for 421 days without being charged for anything.
Imagine being in jail for 421 days and still having to wait at least 138 days until your tr...
To be totally honest I was quite pleased that the train we were originally on was cancelled because all though I was feeling much better I still wasn't fully well and getting out of the hotel by 8am would have been horrendous.
Train to Huế
We got to Da Nang about an hour bef...
Today we decided to go on another tour to see, what we believed was, one of the highlights of the Da Nang area, the Golden Hand Bridge. Today our Tour Guide was Toan, we were picked up at 07:40.
Ba Na Hills
The ride to Ba Na hills, was about 1 hour. Toan explained on the way...
Today we had an half tour tour of Da Nang starting at 2pm, so in the morning Susan and I went out in search of stamps to send more postcards and to find a cake for Tony's birthday.
The post office was over near the Dragon bridge, it didn't take too long to get there and we p...
Today was our first full day in Da Nang and 3 more of our friends were on there way to meet us, from Ho Chi Min City (Saigon).
Exploring
We spent the morning exploring Da Nang, we discovered the because there are so many scooters in Vietnam car owners buy skirts for their ve...
Today was our last day in Cambodia, I'd finally written all the postcards from Cambodia but didn't have enough time to get to the post office, I asked the hotel staff if there was a post box near by and they said that they would make sure that they got posted for me, so I ho...
Today was yet another tour, this time it was the one that I'd been most excited about since I had found out about it. Our tour guide today was Lucky, we were sat in the hotel reception and waiting for today's minibus to come and pick us up. Lucky came into the reception, int...
Postcards
Today we had a leisurely start, after a lie in, we went for breakfast at Asagohan Cafe. Then back at the hotel Susan went swimming and I walked back to the post office to get some postcards. No matter where I'd been in Siem Reap, including Angkor Wat there were no ...
Today we went to visit Angkor Wat, everyone, who had been before, told us that we should also visit the other temples and not just stick to Angkor Wat. So we decided to book a tour, our tour guide was called Mony, he was superb and had great knowledge of the area, having a g...
Exploring Siem Reap
After a lie in this morning we found a coffee shop, Asagohan Cafe to have a leisurely brunch this place was great. We then went for a walk to explore the city.
Firstly we walked through Pub Street, which was much less brash and noisy during the day time a...
Today the majority of our friends got up early to go on a boat trip to the local islands and do some snorkeling, so it was a good job that we said our goodbyes last night. We went back to Kamala coffee house for breakfast and Sarah joined us. After breakfast we checked out o...
Our one day in Kamala beach Phuket was a day of relaxation and chilling. We go up late and then went for breakfast at Kamala Coffee House. After breakfast Susan went back to the hotel to use the gym and have a massage.
Kamala beach
Sarah and I went for a walk along to the en...
Today we left Chiang Mai and flew to Phuket. At Chiang Mai (CHX) Airport it was a bit chaotic and we were in a queue, a long queue, for a while and then we realised that we could use the self check-in machines. This was all good until Mike's bag was overweight. This meant th...
Today we ventured into the Doi Inthanon national park in Thailand.
Waterfall
Our first stop of the day was Wachirathan Waterfall and as it was such a sunny day the spray from the waterfall created a double rainbow. The was so much spray from the waterfall that I was soaked w...
Elephants
This morning we were picked up from our hotel and driven to the elephant sanctuary, our guide was called Nell but I'm 99% sure that I have spelled his name wrong.
Arriving at the elephant sanctuary
Once we arrived at the sanctuary, we were shown around where to fin...
In Thailand the word Wat means Temple. Chiang Mai is a walled city surrounded by a moat and has over 300 temples.
Temples
After a leisurely start to the day we went out to discover Chiang Mai. We decided to head out of the walled city and walk around the outside. Almost ever...
Today was a transfer day from Bangkok to Chiang Mai, although our flight was not until 17:45 so we had the morning to explore.
Lumphini park
We choose our hotel partly because of its closeness to a park that I'd seen on a travel show about Thailand that I really wanted to se...
After a lie in and late breakfast I went out to explore Bangkok, while Susan went to the gym. I first got the Sky Train to Saphan Tansik and the walked across the river.
Sepak Takraw
At the other side of the river there was a park underneath the road flyover with a number of...
Today was the first full day in Bangkok and we had a full itinerary of sightseeing and tourist stuff.
Travel
Sky Train
First up we had to get from the hotel to the Grand Palace. Nick decided that we'd get the Sky Train and then a boat. Directions set in to google maps we set...
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