Can't believe that I am still blogging!! Early morn flight from Chiang Mai and arrived BKK. The 400 BT taxi ride from the airport to the Reno Hotel once again took its time through the bumper to bumper Bangkok traffic. I can't for the life of me see how the taxi drivers make any money!! By the time we had checked in at the Reno Hotel, we were so starving we could have just about eaten each other!! The Reno was in a great location for central schoping at the MBK Centre, but don't be fooled by the foyer, the glamour of the hotel stops there!! Anyway, we headed straight to the MBK centre for a feed - soooo much to choose from - it made our situation worse!! Anyway, after much deliberation we filled ... read more

The next day we decided to hire a car for the day and tackle the CM traffic - Need to have your wits about you, and definitely required the co-pilot (for what I was worth)! Anyway we visited a woodcarving village and then stopped off for some yummy local tucker near the Chiang Mai Zoo. We then spent a few hours driving around the zoo in the stinking hot heat - so lucky the car came with aircon, but we still had to get out the car every now & again to see the creatures on our way around! They also had a shuttle bus around the zoo for those without a car. We wouldn't have contemplated just using our legs, the heat and the hills weren't a good combination! Later, we checked out our ... read more

Hi All, Well there's been no time for a blog lately, so sorry 'bout that, but life has been full of adventure!! The plane journey to BKK was fine, we then decided we would get a bit of local spirit happening and caught the shuttle bus from the airport to the local bus station. From there following a little usual confusion, we caught the subway train to the main train station (and we thought we were never going to get there!) We were supposed to be at the train station before 4.00 to pick up advanced tickets, for our pre booked sleeper. But the snail trail traffic through BKK saw us not having a clue where we were, or where we were supposed to get off, or how long it was going to take, but ... read more

Well, we said goodbye to Koh Lanta which was a real Thai experience, filthy dirty, red dirt, dust & puddles everwhere and relatively undeveloped, but some lovely beaches & sights to explore. We grabbed a ride into town and by the end of our stay had the tuk tuk drivers downpat with their prices! Caught a ferry over to Ao-Nang via Railay, hundreds of backpackers & loads of Swede's all jumping on boats doing a similar sort of thing, it's just way too easy. The toilets on the ferries leave a lot to be desired! The stench is overwhelming. Brent had the pleasure of using one before me this time. I asked how it was and he said "not real good mum, piss all over the floor and it stunk" , a pretty good description, ... read more

Yes, - it was that day 15 years ago that we said "I do" and "death do us part", "for richer for poorer", (I hated that "poorer" bit!!) etc etc... What a journey it has been, and really, one big adventure, one loving husband and two beautiful children ... we are blessed......... Today, we headed down the beach for a few hours to get plenty of R&R. In the arvo headed into the town and had a beaut feed of Tom Yum Goong (Seafood) to share and a lovely stir fried vegies. It was a lovely meal overlooking the Port of Koh Lanta. We've checked this little happening town out, and did a bit of window shopping, but haven't really seen too much that I'm interested in practising the bargaining skills for yet. We grabbed ... read more