Nice to hear from you both. We've stayed in good and bad places and this is a good one. We look for clean sheets and towels, good aircon and friendly happy staff. What more does one need! They do a free airport pick up too... Just give them your flight no. and approx time of arrival and they will pick you up. Happy travelling Ron & Avril
"By the way they are all called Mike apart from Tommy" Ha ha..
Following your path We're leaving Bangkok for Hanoi on Thursday. Thanks for the recommendation on Mikes. Looks good. See you down the road.
we're another 50+couple enjoying life!
Nancy & Dennis
Oh! What memories.... Some we can't mention, so we'll tell you at a later date.
Great room, only a fiver a night each including breakfast - Can't be bad!
Suicide crossing It looked like suicide trying to cross that road, What a nightmare,
Hotel looked good though, It looks a beautiful country!!!
You have been to some spectacular Places Ohhh !!!!!!!! What memories,
Mozzie bites Was doing ok, till you mentioned it - Now have two. The worst place so far for them was Surat Thani Station, had about 30 between us that night....
Mozzie bites Was doing ok, till you mentioned it - Now have two. The worst place so far for them was Surat Thani Station, had about 30 between us that night....
As featured on the news! Gosh, you are our on-the-spot reporters, with all the pics! There was quite a bit of info in the news (no picture radio here, but on the radio, it was) about the king.
Did you get any BIRTHDAY CAKE?? Or do you still want the travel spinach??
Enjoy Vietnam!
Bangkok? I'm not making any quips... Big, innit? Lovely pics!
Hey, aren't you two getting any mozzy bites? You aren't touching up yer photos, are you? You both seem to gleam and look healthily brown... not much of that look in Eign Gate, I can confirm.
Are you off to countryside soon, or more city-hitting?
As you don't seem to want my travel spinach, perhaps you can sell some for me at the market, sigh. [tragic look]
And am I alone in thinking the skytrain was in Seattle? Do *I* need a map?
Cheers,
Jane
Warmth verus north winds? I'll choose warmth everytime. Sounds like you should be getting your thermals out of moth balls, glad I'm not there... And yes they have cars here.
Great Video Hi you two
Great video, looks a bit like a concrete jungle though!!!!!
and who was that funny man that kept waving a the camera!!!!!!!!!!
Loving all the news.
Marg
KL looks OK Well, it's the closest I could come to a witty comment, i.e. several miles away from an amusing one!
Blimey. In my day [said the ancient one], it was all low-rise and rickshaws! So, do they have cars there now??
Are the rats fancy rats, or just common or garden or dustbin rats?? It do put a woman off her grub, dunnit? Sounds like you haven't seen the film, 'Ratatouille,' then?? I think rats get such a bad press, ...except for the filthy, diseased vermin that live in the hedge up by Whitecross Roundabout, death to them all! Such is my NIMBY attitude.
So, where to next? Are you heading for countryside and local product after bright lights and, er, rats?
You are missing shopping madness here, not from me, though.
Don't know how you cope with all that warmth: it's a delightful north wind now, with hurricane-strength gusts due later tonight, and lots of very cold, very wet rain. This is as good as it gets, she said glumly...
AND the days are very short...
But there is still travel spinach!! Just let me know, etc, ... quantity and address, that's all I need.
Cheers
Jane
Missing CDs Sorry, only one's I have are filled with photos ready to send back. Hope you find them soon. Have been trying the local produce and we love dragon fruit which is delicious. You'll be glad to hear that we are now wearing long sleeves again as it's got a bit colder.
Enjoying the sun. Yes, we enjoyed the week of relaxation in the sun. Gave us both time to unwind and see things in prespective. Seen a few christmas shops on our way around, but nothing like the mania back home. Love to all at oxfam, don't work too hard x
Don't forget to try the local produce! As you are rejecting my travel spinach everywhere, may I suggest you try the local dried bananas? Yummy, chewy and I'm not on commission.
Oh, while you're there, do you have a couple of CD's with you? It's just that we're all searching high and low here, and there's a few people's details on them. You'll know it if you have them: 25 million on there, so no room for backup photos. Please look: we all have.
Malaysia should be lovely! Hope you enjoy it.
But you're missing snow, fog, rain and cloud! Well, I'm SHOCKED at the pair of you, messing around with rude rocks...
Glad to see you are pretending to enjoy being in a warm, beautiful place!
I can send you some frosted spinach if you still want travel spinach...
cheers for now!
Jane (oooh nooo, the Christmas rush at Oxfam has started!)
Nice to be back Going to take some catching up now, as we have been to a few places since Patong Beach. Having to pay for internet again, so bare with us. Love Ron & Avril
Can't make Thursday Sorry, wasn't able to make it in to help. Was on an overnight train at the time. Christmas is happening here as well, but there doesn't appear to be a rush anywhere. It's the heat that's making us slow. Love to all x
Nice to Have you back Hi You two nice to see you again, Hope the rains not making you rusty.
Hey Avril that pie looked good hope tasted good too!!!!!!!!!!
After such a Horrible few weeks nice to see you back on track.
Where to next then
So it DOES rain abroad! I was getting worried that you'd developed your own micro-climate, so am more than gratified you get rain like what we do, but much warmer.
Lovely to see leaves on trees there: you're missing autumn, you know.
Greetings to you from Oxfam! The Christmas rush is starting, so let that sit on your conscience.
No, we're fine, no, really we are... (Bridget and I are in again today, we worked so well together yesterday, and people are off sick, can you do Thursday, Avril??)
"SPENDING THE KIDS INHERITANCE"
Well thats what the kids accuse us of - so, (Skid & Skim) ski/daddy and ski/mummy are doing just that.....
2 Brits off around the world on August 19th 2007 and don't they just hate us for it!!!!
No! - They think it's great that a couple of oldies have got the guts to go backpacking for 12 months.
We are no strangers to travelling and have already experienced white water rafting in Colorado, "Skim" has also been brave enough to do a bungee jump.
OK we are in our 50s, but it doesn't mean we are going to sit back and wait to die.
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Ron & Avril
Hi Birthday Girl
Best wishes, glad you're liking the blog. x