So it’s been a while. Been back in the good ole UK for well over a month now and only just getting around to recapping the amazing whirlwind tour of Thailand over Christmas. On this second trip to the land of smiles we landed and left via Bangkok (that’s four visits now – feels likeContinue reading “Hitting the Chao Phraya River”
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Getting excited!!!!
It’s T minus three weeks until we jet off back to Thailand for three and a half weeks of heat, humidity, temples and beaches! WOO HOO!!! Also mossies, sunburn and heat rash . . so OOOO NOOOO!!!! First up we pay a return visit to the hectic, frenetic Bangkok and a second stay at theContinue reading “Getting excited!!!!”
Front line fireworks
The Spanish really love their fireworks and the bigger, louder, noiser and more war like the better!! On our last night in Valencia we, along with about 7,000 locals, watched a midnight fireworks display. In three quarters of an hour they let off about three tonnes of fireworks! It was more like being on theContinue reading “Front line fireworks”
Trip to Sagunt
We hopped on the train to Sagunt, a little town about half an hour from Valencia. Mainly to take a look at the castle at the top of the hill. We trekked up the hill in the scorching heat, armed with supermarket picnic, ready for a cultural adventure It was closed… When will I everContinue reading “Trip to Sagunt”
Image of the day – working girl
Here’s my latest image of the day. Taken in the market place in Jodphur again, after a busy few hours in the Clock Tower market place. A bustling, frenetic whirl of humanity, stalls and produce. This little girl just happened to meet my gaze and her carefree grin is at striking odds with the physicalContinue reading “Image of the day – working girl”
Valencia – sun, markets and epic firework displays!
So blog fans, I’m back from five days in sunny Valencia, the lesser known of Spain’s main cities. Crammed full of gorgeous architecture both old and brand spanking new, amazing food markets, botanical gardens, beaches and castles. We stayed at the Hotel Senator Parque Central, a nice, spotlessly clean, if somewhat impersonal, hotel within walkingContinue reading “Valencia – sun, markets and epic firework displays!”
Images of the day – the potters yard
This adorable group of Bishnoi children in the Thar desert outside of Jodphur were being co-opted into a photo shoot by a very insistent group of snap happy Japanese tourists. The youngest boy was not amused, especially when made to hold a goat . . . The potter still throws his pots in the traditionalContinue reading “Images of the day – the potters yard”
Trip advisor addict!!
It’s official, I am addicted to the marvellous prosumer site Tripadvisor. It seems impossible for me to stay in a hotel, visit an attraction, eat a meal or even look at a view, without getting on the laptop and tap tapping away at a review! From local cafes and restaurants to wonders of the world,Continue reading “Trip advisor addict!!”
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas Tour, Birmingham. September 8 2013
The smoothest pensioner in pop glides onto the stage and strikes a stance, legs apart, fedora tilted forward to hide his weathered, expressive face. So begins the culmination of a lifetime’s dream for me – to see the great man in person, to hear him perform songs that have haunted, sobered and uplifted me sinceContinue reading “Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas Tour, Birmingham. September 8 2013”
Valencia – an extra trip!!
Wasn’t expecting to manage to squeeze another trip in before the BIG one in December but we’ve managed it!! Found cheap flights to Valencia in Spain for October so off for five nights to celebrate our 7th anniversary. Not sure what to expect or what to see, so waiting for the obligatory guide book toContinue reading “Valencia – an extra trip!!”