Blogs from Thailand, Asia - page 7

World Cruise 7 Wednesday 1st March Sea Day 4 In last 3 days have made a crystal necklace at the Craft seminar. Very attractive, think will do some more! There was an Australian BBQ one lunchtime…..emu sausages, croc and kangaroo steaks, sticky ribs, burgers etc all very tasty altho cric a bit chewy! Had a port talk about Laem Chabang, Thailand, port for Bangkok. More later. New singers in the Palladium - Andrew Geater, had been in West End as Herod in Joseph, sang songs from some shows, good voice, and Hanna Goodman, sang Adele, Tina, Etta James convincingly. Another night was a Karen Carpenter tribute by Sharon Calabro. We sit here every night, very critical of these performers, but they really are a good standard. 9am. Nearly at the equator, it’s somehow exciting to be ... read more

We are soon to be leaving our beautiful tropical island in Thailand, and although our nearly two month stay this year has exceeded every other year we have been returning since 2017, we are still very reluctant to leave, and have already decided to stay even longer next year. But another island country, Indonesia, now calls us. It is another country that we also love, for all that it offers of its beauty, its spirit, and its rich cultural diversity. Then, in May, we shall be returning to the Canadian prairies - to experience the endless sunshine, the wide open spaces, and the immense diversity and beauty of our homeland. We live in relationship with all three countries - their people, their landscapes, their diversity - and like a transient lover, we never want to leave, ... read more

One of the things we love about this part of the world are the warm evenings. On Ko Lanta, if you want it, there's always something going on. We'd heard there was a Food and Music Festival being held on Beautiful Beach so decided to take a trip there one evening. As we walked past the mini mart and up the dust street to the main road a tuk tuk driver called out- "where you go? Tuk tuk? " We told him the music festival and he looked clueless, all the same he gestured us to get in. When we got onto the main road he asked us to point which way then got out his phone and brought up Google maps. We pointed to Beautiful beach and he seemed to know it, but I got ... read more

The name Beautiful Beach congures up pictures in your mind of a palm fringed, crescent bay with soft white sand and an aqua marine blue sea. That's exactly how I would describe Beautiful Beach. It's a few kilometres along from Long Beach, where we're staying, and the easiest way to get there on foot is along the beach. Of course you can get there on the road if you hire a motorbike or take a tuk tuk but, as usual, we chose to do it the hard way! After a hearty breakfast of fruit, museli and yoghurt, or in Stan's case an egg, bacon and cheese muffin, We set off before the temperature rose too high. A half hour of walking gets you to the far end of Long Beach and then it's a rock scramble ... read more

I‘d researched the best way to get to Chiang Rai and it seemed that was to use Greenbus, a 3-4 hour journey, depending on which class you choose. I pushed the boat out and booked the VIP one. The company website was a pain in the neck all round and I should have just paid a tiny bit more and done it through 12GoAsia. It was mostly in Thai but somehow I managed to book, pay and choose a front row seat. I must have printed it off then and there (just as well, if you don’t it disappears and you cannot find it anywhere) and it didn’t look much like a ticket although it had some QR codes on it. I assumed I’d have to go to the counter and get a proper ticket on ... read more