A Bit of TLC Part 9 – Chiang Rai and the Golden Triangle Chiang Rai, Thailand December 2023 Sounding a bit like a Harry Potter title, our next adventure took us to the very north of Thailand, although we weren’t departing from platform 9 ¾ at King’s Cross, but from the slightly less salubrious Chiang …
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A Bit of TLC Part 8 – Completing the Loop Mae Sariang and Doi Inthanon National Park, Thailand December 2023 Wooden it be nice…? Breaking up our long drive to Mae Sariang the following day, we had hoped to view the vast fields of Mexican sunflowers. But after driving for miles up the mountainside, found …
A Bit of TLC Part 7 – Doing the Loop Pai and Mae Hong Son December 2023 The Life of Pai The Mae Hong Son Loop as it was known, was a famous long and winding road circuit (600 miles in total) from Chiang Mai through the length of the province. It was lauded as …
A Bit of TLC Part 6 – A Bit Awry in Chiang Mai Chiang Mai, Thailand December 2023 After a 6 hour (which went v-e-r-y slowly) train journey to Chiang Mai, the last thing we wanted to hear when we arrived at our hotel was that our rooms weren’t ready. The very posh sounding Royal …
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A Bit of T L C – Part 5 – Suffering Sukhothai! Sukhothai, Thailand November 2023 The northbound express train had sold out, so we had 6 hours on a bus to our next stop – the market town of Sukhothai, to see the Loi Krathong Festival. Relieved that my hearing aid wasn’t fully operational, …
A Bit of T L C – Part 4 Back to Nature Khao Yai National Park, Thailand November 2023 After towns, temples and tuk tuks, we were in the mood for a bit of flora and fauna, so we boarded the train once again, for Pak Chong (or as I kept calling it, “Pak Choy”) …
A Bit of T-L-C – Part 3 Wats Going On Here Then?? Ayutthaya, Thailand November 2023 Arriving in Ayutthaya you might be forgiven to thinking you’d taken a wrong turn and landed in the middle of the Angkor Wat complex in Cambodia. Set on an island, this former capital of Siam was brutally conquered by …
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A Bit of T L C – Part 2 Bridge Over Troubled Water Kanchanaburi, Thailand November 2023 Standing on the banks of the River Kwai, we noticed a lady of about our age sitting at the hotel restaurant. She eventually wandered over to us and started a conversation. It turned out that her father was …
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A Bit of T L C – Part 1 Taking Stock in Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand November 2023 After arriving back in the UK six months ago with mixed emotions, we were more than ready to escape again and leave behind a country that was feeling more and more disconcerting by the minute. The summer had …
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Thailand Fling – 18…Wet and Wild in Bangkok Bangkok, Thailand April 2023 Wet and Wild in Bangkok (or Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Ayuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom to give it its full name!) We had a few hours to kill in Prachuap before making our final journey by train back to Bangkok, …
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