http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/MikeJo/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from MikeJo en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:01:02 +0000 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:01:02 +0000 Hello everyoneOh God it's those two blithering idiots again I hear you saying.1. Did they survive the fleshpots of Pattaya2. Did the heat and humidity of the Malaysian jungle not kill 'em off3. Where in heavens name are they bothering me from this timeWell 1 Yes we did. 2 No it didn't. 3 Hang on I'll just look out the window. Hmmm looks very much like the streets of Yangon below. Now http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Burma/Yangon/blog-116714.html Hello blog addictsNo doubt the one or two smarter people OK oneon our subscriber list has deduced from the title of this blog that we have arrived in steamy Bangkok.As most of you are getting on in years and your tickers are weakening by the day you can count on me to cheer you up it wouldn't do to rush headlong into a report on just how steamy this city really is so I'm afraid you'll have http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/Central-Thailand/Bangkok/blog-105134.html Hello readersSome call it Bombay. Others call it Mumbai. I prefer a mixture of the two..... Bumbuy. Coincidentally this name also describes the poor value you can expect should you ever have the misfortune to find yourself in this City.Our train from Ahmedabad pulled in to Bumbuy Central Station roughly on time but the station was so far North of the area we were heading for the tourist mecca o http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Nepal/Pokhara/blog-99487.html Greetings one and allWe left you last time as we were about to board our train at Agra station at around 5.30am for a 6.10am departure to Jaipur just a short 5 hour hop away. Things didn't quite work out that way. There was an announcement that the train was running about one hour late. At 7.00am there was still no sign of it and we were told there would be another 45 minute wait. Needless to sa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Goa/Panaji/blog-96217.html Hello everybodyWe have now arrived in Rajasthan to visit Jaipur The Pink City Jodhpur The Blue city Jaisalmer The Golden City and Udaipur The White City. However this epistle only covers our visit to Agra The Shit Brown City and New Delhi just The Shit City. The delights of Jaipur Jodhpur et al will be revealed in our next novel.OK if you're sitting comfortably we will begin wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Rajasthan/Udaipur/blog-92300.html Hello from Chandigarh or if you're brave enough to sample some of the street food here Chunderfar might be a more appropriate name.We filed our last report just after we arrived in Mcleod Ganj a former British hill station. For those of you who were not around in the days of the Raj hill stations are mountain villages where the British army would spend the Summer months away from the oppressive http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Punjab/Chandigarh/blog-89690.html Hello AllWe left you last time as we were about to catch our bus to Lahore from Peshawar and very good value it was too. A 612 hour trip for just over a fiver and they throw in all the drinks you want lunch a free newspaper plus headphones to watch a film or listen to a fair choice of radio stations. National Express have got a long way to go before they catch up. Every seat is a recliner wit http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Himachal-Pradesh/Mcleod-Ganj/blog-88306.html We checked in to Greens and they asked us if we wanted a standard or deluxe room. Glancing at the rates on the wall we worked out the deluxe was less than GBP 1 extra so decided to splash out. We were not that surprised to find that the Pakistani meaning of deluxe differed somewhat from the English meaning. Although adequate the room is very shabby with plenty of stains on the carpets furniture http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Peshawar/blog-86869.html Greetings from Peshawar or as the locals like to pronounce it.... Piss Shower. Firstly if anyone......ever again......and I mean ever again......in my lifetime.......mentions the words chicken and corn soup or mutton.....I will not be responsible for my actions. You have been warned Now I've got that off my chest or to be more exact out of my backside it's time to update you on what we've be http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Pakistan/North-West-Frontier-Province/Peshawar/blog-86868.html OK hands up all those who thought we were joking about coming to IsscamabadWell we're here and have survived our first day although if we have to cross too many more roads our chances of a long life are looking pretty slim. However before we give you the sordid details about our journey to and arrival in Pakistan we are going to recap the last couple of weeks before we left the U.K.Apart http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Pakistan/Islamabad/blog-81098.html Phew It was a close thing but we finally made it safely back across the border. Those mad Scots did everything they could to deter us from returning South but as with all previous battles with 'em.....the English were victorious in the end.Firstly we had barely left Dingwall when the road diversions started and they tried to lose us on the narrow twisting country roads. Secondly they tried to s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/East-Sussex/Bexhill/blog-77743.html Och Aye the Noo and all that gibberish from Bonnie ScotlandOK we know what you're thinking. India definitely. Pakistan possibly. Vietnam maybe. But Scotland Why on earth would two sane people with most of their faculties still in tact want to go to ScotlandWell we figured that if we were going to visit all these exotic locations in Asia Scotland would be an ideal testing ground. First http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Dingwall/blog-74909.html Hello ReadersWell itrsquos now the Saturday following the house auction and it has been a pretty hectic week. Fortunately we have good news to report.The auction attracted over 300 people and there were five bidders for our property. The hammer came down at 226000 some 46000 above our reserve a result we were both very pleased with to say the least.On Tuesday we went straight down to t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-65645.html Hello ReadersWe are now about 3 months away from departing on our big adventure. At least that is the plan As itrsquos the sale of our house that is funding the trip I guess we shouldnrsquot be too presumptuous until after the property auction has taken place next Monday 5th June. Whilst we remain optimistic that it will sell we are unable to make any firm plans until we know the sale p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Kent/Sevenoaks/blog-63231.html