Mar 10, 2013 - I love Thailand - 10/3-08/4

11/3/13 - & then there were 2 again! Both Keith's & my flight got in yesterday within minutes of each other & we're back in the wonderful land of Bangkok. I love it! 13/4/13 - Hey, hey, back again, i haven't forgotten you! What have I been up to? 5wks on & 7 islands, I can't believe how quick it's gone! Spent a few days back on Ko Chang (big) then back to Bangkok (again!) to meet Iki as she was flying out for a holiday. A few lethal long island ice teas & trying to get each other home without the use of our legs, her holiday had truly...

Mar 7, 2013 - It's all over now

Ground Hog day today. Up for breakfast. Go to pool. Very similar to yesterday, but tonight we must remember to head to the airport for a flight home early hours of Friday. We have set an alarm on the phone to remind us. The restaurant manager is still hovering around. Getting free drinks at the pool. Pretty much all the staff know we missed our flight as they are saying to us “you missed flight, how you do that” we wish we knew. We are now at the airport, have checked in and now in the lounge finishing the blog. Have added some random...

Mar 6, 2013 - Oh Dear, how did we manage that

Well we are pretty much packed up and ready for home. Again a day sitting around the pool. The weather is getting better and it’s still humid. Went to the local shopping area, during the day, only to find it shut until 4 o’clock. Roger went off to the room for a nap and I stayed by the pool. Next thing he’s standing over me waving a bit of paper at me saying “we’ve got a big problem” He then went onto say he had received missed calls from his brother Stephen and a text from him asking where we were. It transpired Stephen was at Heathrow...

Mar 5, 2013 - China Town

We sat around the pool all day to day. It wasn’t particularly sunny but was warm. Roger made a complaint this morning about the service we received in the restaurant last night. Since then the restaurant manager has been stalking us. Finding us at the pool and giving us free drinks. Finding us in the Club Lounge asking how things were with us. Chasing us around in the reception area. It really is getting quite embarrassing now. In the evening we went to China Town to a street restaurant that had been recommended for really good sea food....

Mar 4, 2013 - Not so great dining experience

The day is overcast and rain is threatening. We decided to go back to the shopping area that we had got lost, trying to find a couple of days ago. We knew exactly how to get there now. We are trying to find a certain item but are not having much luck. In Bangkok there are a great many very large shopping malls that have all of the big name stores. When you walk through them they are virtually empty, whereas in the markets and on the streets you can barely move for people. It’s quite a city of two halves. It started to rain so we headed...

Mar 3, 2013 - We ended prohibition early, ha ha.

If you go to Bangkok, and if you are a bargain hunter do not miss Chatuchak Market. This is one of the most famous weekend markets in all of SE Asia and for good reason, some 5000-6000 stalls selling pretty much anything.Animals, food, clothes, furniture, everything. Food stalls are different. Dishes are piled on top off each other,left out in the open, no refrigeration and people buy it. Health and Safety at home would have a field day. Just a few tips: • First avoid sandals and flip-flops, wear your trainers, more comfortable and as you...

Mar 2, 2013 - Boots are made for walking, but my flip flops aren't

Well I’m in heaven. Bangkok, is one of my most favourite destinations, as I type this I am sitting at breakfast at the hotels riverside restaurant. We are out on the terrace planning our day. The hotel has it’s own ferry so guests have complimentary trips on the river to the nearest sky train station, so that’s a start. Well, breakfast out of the way, we decided to try and find a shopping mall that we had visited last time we were in Bangkok. Roger knew exactly where it was, or so he said. We set out, map in hand. What a disaster. We got...

Mar 1, 2013 - Goodbye Australia, It's been brilliant

Goodbye Australia Goodbye beautiful boy Jay Goodbye Thomas & Erica Goodbye Lovely Genevieve We will miss you all, and here's till we meet again xx Today we left Australia for Bangkok. 17 hours of travelling saw us arrive at the Chatriun Hotel Riverside. This hotel is super and we upgraded, prior to our arrival, to a Club suite. This gives you access to the club lounge and facilities, which includes an open bar for pre dinner drinks in the evening. Well you can imagine our faces when we were told that for two of our five nights in Bangkok...

Feb 27, 2013 - Last mango in Bangkok

I am sure I am repeating myself (at least I still know I am doing it) but we are once again going from 35 degrees here to 35 degrees at home, but sadly on different scales of course. We seem to have survived this time without an emergency visit to a hospital or dentist which makes a change and the only inconvenience has been a plague of frogs in our room in Koh Lanta, which is at least an improvement on finding one in the bottom of my shoe two years ago. I don't suppose it was much fun for the frog to see the sudden appearance of a large...

Feb 24, 2013 - Bangkok

Just arrived in Bangkok this afternoon. After checking in and getting a map and some advice we headed out for the evening market. We had to take the Sky-train to the pier and then hop a boat to the market. What a huge and beautiful market, unlike the markets that we went to in Chiang Mai and some of the islands. We returned to hotel and ready to head out in am to Chinatown and "Golden Buddha" and the to Grand Palace and if time permits we will see the Pra Kaew Wat (Temple). Well Bangkok was an experience. Glad we came but with over 10...

Feb 18, 2013 - Bangkok

Bangkok is one of those cities that everyone needs to experience once in their lives. Did I leave with a burning desire to come back? No lol. There is a lot of poverty here and it makes me SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYTHING THAT I HAVE. The streets are dirty and smell like sewage, the buildings are old and falling apart, it’s super hot and humid, the homeless dogs make me want to cry and the traffic is 20 times worse than LA traffic. People here drive INSANE. There are no rules on the road. Yesterday our driver wanted to pass the person in front of...

Feb 15, 2013 - Bangkok Thailand and Siam Reap Cambodia

We were unable to get adequate bandwidth on the ship to utilize Shutterfly. We have reverted back to our old stand by and we will give this a try! If you continue to receive updates from Shutterfly, just delete them as they will not be updated. Internet speed is quite a challenge here in Southeast Asia to say the least! We arrived in Bangkok Feb 7th and then spent 5 days visiting Cambodia, spefically Angkor Wat, the largest relegious complex in the World! Seeing Angkor Wat at sunset was truly a once in a lifetime experience! We then joined...