After setting out to explore wats and city today, I spent an hour talking to 7 young monks/novices todat at Wat Ong Thu! Learning English and studying it there at the table, they invited me to sit and chat. So I met Novice Souk, Soukkhy, Somkit, Boun, Jo, Apple and monk Somsaiy (between 15 and …
From pictures to reality…
A most amazing day at Tat Kuang Si waterfalls outside Luang Prabang, Loas! it was breathtaking, unreal - something I've previously only seen pictures of or on TV. Huge amounts of water pouring from a mountain top and steep drop into lots of deep pools you could swim in all the way down. I walked …
Travel traumas!
Difficult day today after a noisy, cold night (tes, cold!). The Oldtown Hostel I booked online through Booking.com was different to my first experienced at Hua Hin with shared dorm ok but shared showers/toilets for a floor. And mine was at the other end of course. The air con turned on and off all night, …
Beliefs and Bhuddism Philosophy v Religion
As I am currently travelling in SEAsia, namely Thailand and this week Loas, I am exposed to Bhuddist temples everywher- lierrally, everywhere. The recent shrine bombed in Bangkok, shrines to offer prayer to on roads, temples and monks along the streets I walk and today, on top of a hill, others on mountain tops and …
Thailand on the move
Transport in Thailand appears to be mainly bike or rather scooters, as they go about 20mph and weave around cars, buses, people and each other. From whole families of child in front of dad driving, child between him and mum or even a babe in arms more than once! Children are used to travelling his …
Elephant Trekking
I had the best time today on the elephant trek!!!! Scary being unbalanced then the NZ girl said centre self and follow the elephants flow which worked! sat on her neck, hands in her head but felt I was pushing down too hard even for her; and she was a bit stroppy, didn't want to …
Thai Nights
Sitting on the train after Kwai crossing and WangPho viaduct on Friday 14th August 2015' on my way to Bangkok then Chiang Mai Mai tomorrow. The trip offered history and with beautiful views...if scary with open doors on the train to a drop and people wanting to get by me and a teacher taking photos. …
Friends in faraway places
How nice - and also a little weird - to meet friends in places other than the usual or expected! I met a family friend in Hua Hin today, after recently seeing her at my home town and even bumping in to her at the supermarket earlier that day! It felt surreal and yet today …
Thai Temples and New Friends
Just woken up on Sunday to find us in the mountains but at the top! Sloping woodlands and flat paid fields, mountain tops in cloud too. A novelty sleeping on the express from Bangkok to Chiangmai Mai, with cushioned roll out for a wide seat on the bottom bunk for me, clean crisp white sheet …
My first Thailand train journey excelled!
i wanted to do my travels by train, that was my plan. Things changed as I required at agents who offered flight package tickets instead. I have 16 flights and can fit in trains and buses to see the scenery, life and places in between. This was my first major journey of three hours …
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