Category: Travel

  • Saturday 13 October 2012. Highlights: Trip to old capital Ayutthaya, visit Bang Pa-In Summer Palace, with a river cruise back to Bangkok. Sadly no tour members to see today means I’m rapidity finishing the South East Asian trip that began on Thursday 27 September when I left Australia. Today I had a booked tour to…

  • Friday 12 October 2012. Highlights: Jim Thompson House and Museum, Shopping at MBK, Muay Thai (Thai Kickboxing). The tour officially ended at 8 am today but I had planned activities with my fellow travellers Sue, Ray, Sarah and Catherine and sole activity at the Muay Thai.

  • Thursday 11 October 2012. Highlights: Royal Temple of Wat Po, Canal Ride, Farewelling group members. After our quick showers we headed off for a short tour of Bangkok feeling a little under the weather, some more than others. A local bus ride with a wooden floor introduced us to this city as I was thrown…

  • Wednesday 10 October 2012. Highlights: Ferry ride, Overnight train to Bangkok Today was the long day that had multiple transportation methods from sitting in the back of a truck on dirt roads, to a ferry, to a double decker bus and finally and overnight 12 hour train ride. The day started with thunderstorm waking me…

  • Tuesday 9 October 2012. Highlights: Fun in the sun, Aroma Massage, Hiking a mountain, BBQ seafood, Chinese Lanterns. A late start today still saw me the first one to breakfast at 8.30 am. Now some of the girls went to the Half Moon party last night, which sounded like it was a crazy event, with…