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Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 17th 2014

Well, it has been far too long since my last blog on my travels so you have a lot of catching up to do! As I write, I have been in Chiang Mai for a week. I have hardly scratched the surface of what this city has to offer but I simply love it. There are so many temples here ... over 300 according to my host! And goodness knows how many restaurants there are ... thousands I guess if you include the little places tucked away down the side streets, not to mention the hundreds of food stalls that appear at the markets which seem are a daily occurrence. Now ... something I didn't know about Thailand is that they drive on the left hand side, something I thought that was particular to just the ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai November 11th 2014

Greetings from Chiang Mai! It has been several days since my last entry and as my previous blogs have proved so popular, here I am again updating you all with my latest exploits. To be fair, not a lot has happened these past few days but I'll try and make it as interesting as possible. So ... when we last met I was still in Bangkok at the Majestic Deluxe hotel, a 5 star luxury hotel with the most amazing food. As has so far been the case, despite the luxury, I am having a lot of difficulty sleeping and not in a good way, despite Bangkok being the so-called sex capital of the World. Anyway, having managed to eventually fall asleep, I somehow slept through my alarm and wake up feeling like I've been sat ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok November 7th 2014

So, on the night of my arrival at the hotel, I venture down to the dining room and sit outside by the pool ... it is still in the higher 20's and humid as hell. As I'm unsure of the portion sizes, I opt for the Chicken and Cashew nut stir-fry with Jasmine rice and a further course of Pad Thai which come out after about 15 minutes. Hmmm ... think I over did it on the Pad Thai .... it is enormous! Definitely enough to satisfy a quartet of ladyboys! Anyway, I'm hungry and manage to get through about half of it before waving the white flag. The food is delicious and I leave well satisfied before retiring to bed; falling asleep to sound of the TV which is on to mask the sound of ... read more

Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok November 5th 2014

And so the adventure begins! After a night out drinking champagne with the Bestie, it was a struggle to get up early (when I say early, I had become accustomed to post 9 AM starts since quitting work 3 weeks earlier). At least I had done most of my packing the day before - the reason for the early start was for a journey to the Travel Clinic to get my second Hepatitis B inoculation. Now, following on from seeing the lovely Claire at the clinic last week, I was looking forward to renewing our acquaintance despite my fear of needles. However, I was soon to be disappointed as a male nurse was on duty that day who was probably more feminine than Claire although this didn't extend to the use of a needle ... shit ... read more




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