Blogs from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Well we're off again! I've decided to 'blog' my way through Thailand this time. We fly at 21:00 tonight so I've got a little time to start my musings. We will land at 4:00 pm in Bangkok on Thursday and then spend 2 nights in the capital. Friday will be spent in the jungle before we fly south on Saturday to Krabi then an hours transport by boat to the resort of Pimalai. Hopefully there'll be some diving to be had and a decent Thai curry or two!... read more

Even though we fly until tomorrow we've taken today off as well. We've had an excellent lunch at the Mole & Chicken at Easington with Sophie. Suoerb food and very good vfm unlike the Hiltonhotel at T4 which charges £9.60 + 12.5% service for one G&T !!!! rip off . Tomorrow its a 4:30 alarm for a 6:40 flight.... read more

Well the final day was spent in glorious sunshine doing absolutely nothing! We enjoyed the previous nights meal so much that we went back to the fish restaurant again and had an equally fine repast. We also got a good look at the lunar eclipse as it passed very close to Oman. Very weird to see the moon turn red! The next morning we grabbed an hour after breakfast on the sun bed before reluctantly making our way to the airport and home. Home via the dog kennels where we picked up Ruby who then proceeded to whinge all the way home and tell me in great detail what a horrible time she'd had! Torrential rain greeted us and when we finally made it back the boiler was off and refused to re-light - oh joy! ... read more

Flight boarded on time but didn't take off until 14:00 (45 mins late). However, a good tail wind meant we made up the time and we landed at 17:16. We made it through security and collected our bags OK. I had been carrying my kilt so I handed it back to George for his flight back to Newcastle. We said our good byes. We'd spent nearly 1 month together and we'd had an absolutlely brilliant time. My thanks to George for being such a great travelling companion and for putting up with me for so long! Many thanks to Phil W for picking me up from Heathrow. He was there ready and waiting (although still in his paint spattered work clothes! I had expected a peaked cap and a message reading "Mr Guy") We made good ... read more

Nearly finished packing. Out tonight with Sue & Sophie to a very nice restaurant. For some reason feeling very apprehensive!... read more

The list is not getting any smaller! Big question is how much stuff to take for 4 weeks. It was great not to have to get up at 5:30 this morning but I've still got loads to do (including the ironing apparently)... read more

Ok so my travel organisation skills are coming together slowly.... tonight was very constructive well all in all a constructive week! I have now devised some sort of packing list which I will share shortly. So this week has included going to the dentist - not once but twice, final visit tomorrow so bearing in mind I am petrified of dentists this is quite an achievement for me and to go on my own as well. Yes at 28 I know this is something that should be fine but I think I am also more scared that if something went wrong while I was away it would probably be a hell of a lot worse in a foreign country and more expensive too! So final visit tomorrow and then I can breath again! :) I have ... read more