Thailand Fling – Part 10… Bright Lights, Big City Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia January 2023 Our ears popped as we were whizzed up to the 43rd floor of our apartment complex in a matter of seconds. It had been over a decade since I last visited Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur and I was astonished at …
Thailand Fling – Part 9…High Tea and Jungle Adventures Cameron Highlands and Taman Negara National Park – Malaysia – January 2023 High Tea Walking into town from our mock Tudor style guesthouse in the Cameron Highlands, wearing my new sweater (yes it was 19 degrees but felt decidedly chilly!) amongst positively alpine scenery, with the …
Thailand Fling – Part 8 … Drive time Ipoh, Perak – Malaysia – January 2023 Ipoh: Transportation in Malaysia seemed more challenging than in Thailand, so we swapped ferries and buses for our own four wheels. We were told that the road system and driving was much better here, so filled with confidence we rented …
Thailand Fling – Part 7… And now for something completely different! It felt as though we had been dropped in the middle of a film set as we alighted from our taxi in Armenia Street, in the historic centre of Georgetown, on the island of Penang. In fact, the 1999 remake of “Anna and the …
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Thailand Fling – Part 6…Christmas Island & New Year, New Country Koh Lipe, Thailand and Langkawi, Malaysia – December 2022 Christmas Island! Departing the mainland from the Thai region of “Satun”, we did wonder if we were about to enter “hell” on our arrival in Koh Lipe. Having been relatively spoilt so far with (almost) …
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Thailand Fling – Part 5… Mud, Sweat and Piers Koh Muk, Thailand December 2022 Our next port of call was the tiny island of Ko Mook or Koh Muk. However, we soon learnt that it should be re-named “Ko Mud” as the lanes that traversed it rapidly turned to quagmires in the torrential rainstorms that …
Thailand Fling – Part 4… Laid Back in Lanta Ko Lanta, Thailand November 2022 The transfer by speedboat to our next destination wasn’t quite the jet-setting “James Bond” style entrance I had imagined. Although offering a much faster journey than the 2 hour longtail boat alternative, I grew quite concerned at the number of passengers …
Thailand Fling Part 3…Ferry Tales Ko Yao Noi, Thailand, November 2022 A disappearing island…well, that’s what it seemed to be when sitting looking out to sea from our balcony. Some days it was there, but when the clouds moved in and the heavens opened, it faded into the greyness. We were intrigued, and after a …
Thailand Fling Part 2 – A Change of Plans Klong Muang, Thailand October 2022 The pace slowed down further as I finally succumbed to the cough and cold that Ian had been nursing since before we left home. Dosed up with various local remedies (amazing what you can buy over the counter here…), I was …
Thailand Fling…Part 1 Krabi, Thailand October 2022 First Stop…Paradise! Here I am at another of life’s “crossroads”, this time at the bus stop on the corner waiting for some “reasons to retire” when, like buses, several come along at once: Surviving Covid and its fallout Turning 60 (I know!) while still enjoying reasonably good health …
