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Slaughtneil-London-New Delhi-Jaipur-Agra-Orchha-Varanasi-Lumbini-Chitwan-Pokhara-Annapurna Mountains-Kathmandu-Paro-Thimpu-Punakha-Nagarkot-Bangkok-Kanchanaburi-Siem Reap-Phnom Penh-Sihanoukville-Kep… My arrival to South East Asia has been long awaited. I had a great time in India, Nepal and Bhutan but am now ready for a cultural change in the many countries I hope to visit here. I have no schedule but initially hope to travel from Bangkok, Thailand to Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and down through Thailand and its islands, Malaysia, Singapore and then Australia. I am currently toying with a few other countries but I’ll see how time treats me here, I have three months. My arrival in Bangkok was shrouded in the much publicised red strikes around the city. I decided to pamper myself in a fancy hotel for my first night. I was able to share the experience with my family using skpe. I... read more

I left the tranquillity of Pokhara on a fairly dated tourist bus early on Friday morning. The journey was advertised to take approximately 7 hours. It eventually took over nine hours and was definitely not for the faint hearted. The roads climbed high along steep bypasses and down the many gorges where doted the skeletons of buses that made the ultimate plunge. If my auntie Elizabeth had been on the bus with me, she would have been on her knees praying a few rosaries intermingled with a few swears here and there. It was hairy stuff and when we finally reached the final summit I got my first glimpse of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal! When I say that, I mean I got my first glimpse of where Kathmandu was supposed to be but was hidden ... read more

India, where to begin? I touched on it in my last blog but I have to reiterate it, India is indescribable. It just throws up surprise after surprise and I love it!! I toured across the north of India, from Delhi to Jaipur, then Agra, Orchha and finally Varanasi. We travelled by car, bus, train (Day/night), Tuk Tuk, Rickshaw, horse and of course loads of walking. The first night of the tour involved a little paper work, an introduction to our tour guide Bhupendra (Bu) and a short walk around Delhi and the India gate. There are 16 members in the tour, English, Americans, Canadians, Aussies, a girl from Denmark and a couple of Paddy’s. Bu is Indian and a true character! He has excellent English and loves a laugh. He has also visited N. Ireland ... read more