Been on the road sine leaving South ockendon on August 9th. Our trusty transit van who we named Trannie has carted us up to Old leake near boston in lincs where we caught up with good friens 7 introduced them to the mob, We stayed at their place overnight, all 10 of us & would like to say a big THANKS to Reg & Margaret for their hospitality. Continued on to Whiteley Bay which was a nice surprise, nice hotel, Newhaven Lodge & good dining in town. Weather was pretty good as well. next day onto Glenrothes north of edinburgh hwere the weather took a bad turn, they had their highest August rainfall since records began & most of it fell over the time we were there. We would have liked to go into Edinburgh but ... read more

Because we had an early morning flight from Kl we moved from Chinatown to a bed & breakfast accomodation only 20 minutes from LCCT. Its a beautiful mansion whose owners realised the potential of having a B&B quite close to the airport which is a good hours drive from the centre of KL depending on traffic. The house is filled with beautiful furniture so I would be wary of bringing small children, though the 2 youngsters who were there at the same time we were behaved beautifully & were very appreciative of the lovely swimming pool & relaxing surrounds.Our room had twin beds that were very comfy & the room had air conditioning & fans.The ensuite was lovely with a shower over a nice size bath which was supplied with toiliteries.For us the only downside was ... read more

Enjoying our stay in Pattaya, we were going to get a bus from Ekkamai bus station in bangkok buy after we worked out how much it would cost for a cab from Furama Asoke Hotel to Ekkamia bus station, then 113baht each for the bus fare, then a songthaew fare from Pattaya bus station to Areca Lodge Hotel, it was more convenient to get a cab from Furama Asoke straight to Areca Lodge & easier than hauling our luggage around. It cost 1500 baht for the cab from door to door. Furama let us leave 2 suitcases at their hotel till next Saturday, even though we're not going back to them as we had already booked Grand President which is close by so will pick them up on the way back. Areca Lodge is right in ... read more

Went to White Temple near Chiang Rai, very pretty, like a wedding cake, then on to Golden Triangle where Thailand, Laos & Burma meet. This area got its name from the selling of opium for gold in the small islands in the Mekong River. They were no man's land & a quick escape through the maze of islands. the growing of opium is now illegal.The trip takes all day, we left at 7am & got back at 8.30pm, its a 3 hour road trip each way with a stop at the Hot Springs, then White Temple, then Golden Triangle, then lunch, a trip to the border with Burma for shopping at the markets & finally the Long neck Karen & Aka Tribe. We saw an horrific accident on just outside Chiang Mai where a truck & ... read more

Good trip from Coolangatta with Air Asia & good trip from KL to Bangkok, also with Air Asia. Arrived in Bangkok at 8.10pm & got to The Heritage Hotel, Silom,at 9.15pm with a very nice Taxi driver who has a vehicle large enough to accomodate us 4 adults & all our luggage.We have arranged for him to pick us up on Saturday for our trip back to the airport to fly to Chiang Mai.He charged 700 baht a trip, not bad between 4!!!! Call Mr Ten ,m 081-614-1574 or home 02-276-7147 at VIP Taxi Service. Nice & warm here after the cold in Brisbane, had a lovely brekky & then went to MBK on the skytrain & saw lots of bargains which we'll be buying before we finally leave Thailand on July 20th. Checking out Bangrack ... read more