Koh Samui
Friday, 16 December 2016 to Thursday, 22 December 2016
Another travel day lay ahead of us as we got up early on Friday morning; we packed, had a simple breakfast and boarded a taxi for the airport. The trip to Samui today proved to be uneventful and rather enjoyable. We flew to Surat Thani on the mainland; from there we took a bus to the Donsak Pier, boarded the ferry and arrived on Samui mid afternoon. The Airasia flight tickets include the cost Continue reading
The singha of Singha Park
Friday, 2 December 2016 to Thursday, 8 December 2016
I found a cure for insomnia, not that I was looking for one – but I found it nevertheless – and here is the magic formula. Download an audio book, any audio book, onto one of your devices, plug your ear-bud headphones into that device, plug its buds into your ears and get ready for sleep. Don’t worry about the title; it won’t matter as you will fall asleep before the book matter starts to matter… Continue reading
Golden Triangle seen from the hill
Friday, 25 November 2016 to Thursday, 1 December 2016
It is now getting close to Christmas and my need for Quality Street chocolates – which is not available in Thailand – is once again prevalent. Before I could give it much thought, as if reading my future mind, I received an email from Lood asking for an address where he could send my Quality Street fix to. As they say, a friend in need is a friend indeed. Not wanting to screw around with wrong addresses I decided to ask Thea Continue reading
Choui Fong Tea Farm
Friday, 18 November 2016 to Thursday, 24 November 2016
We had run out of bread and other breakfast stuff so Adri walked down to the market to get such but she also returned with some chewy doughy deep fried batter balls sprinkled with sugar which contains a less sweet centre of something. It’s the first time we’ve had these batter balls but will surely have them again, simply delicious! Continue reading
Chiang Rai – The Black House Art Museum
Friday, 11 November 2016 to Thursday, 17 November 2016
After the news of a Trump presidency I put myself on voluntary exile from the news world for 24 hours, it lasted for 44, it was bliss. This morning I took my first tentative clicks in the news world out there and the very first click I took was Continue reading
Wat Rong Khun – White temple
Friday, 4 November 2016 to Thursday, 10 November 2016
It was Friday evening and already dark outside when the hunger pangs drove us to the streets, and more importantly to the street market and its freshly fashioned foods. Adri had been eyeballing the grilled fish for a number of weeks now but each time we were there another dish jumped the queue and onto her plate. It is difficult to decide on a dish when there is so much to choose from, but tonight she was not going to be distracted, she was focused. Continue reading
Lavaladee Restaurant
Sunset on the Kok River