Monthly Archives: December 2011

Last day of our travels excluding the long 13 hour flight home arriving on the 17th at 06.00 Set off this morning to the Chinese Quarter which was a lot more fascinating than we thought it would be considering we … Continue reading →

Day in Bangkok, so we decided to hit the Grand Palace first. We started from our pier at the hotel and then to the commercial boats where we were ripped off, but only for a small amount, so I’m sure … Continue reading →

Mainly a day of travelling again to our final stop before Coleford namely Bangkok. Our prearranged car to the airport duly arrived dead on time for our 40 min drive to Phuket Airport. Arrived Bangkok about fifteen minutes late and … Continue reading →

It has been great just to laze about on the beach and around the pool. Although we could have gone on a few more trips, we decided to give them a miss. Some of the islands and coastline does look … Continue reading →

Woke up this morning to picture below, fabulous views and hotel great for anyone out there who might be thinking of getting married! View from patio Bedroom with biggest bed we’ve ever slept in View of jacuzzi and it’s view … Continue reading →

The last day in KL but we don’t fly out to Phuket until 18.00 so we have a bit of time to kill. Decided not to have breakfast in the hotel so strolled around the park in front of the … Continue reading →

Yet another early start as today we were leaving Siem Reap for Kuala Lumpur. Our flight was 8.30am, so it was 5.30am up, tuk tuk waiting outside at 6.30am for our departure. The hotel loaded us with breakfast, T shirts … Continue reading →

Up at crack of dawn to visit the Temples knowing it will be quite a long day. The Temples were built as Palaces for the Gods and not as places of worship and were constructed by on behalf of different … Continue reading →

Started today in Phnom Penh, caught the 7.30 ‘speed’ boat to Siem Reap. Got to the quay at 7am and looked at an old cigarette tube that we were going to be entombed in four 6hours, ugh! The boat had … Continue reading →

One day in Phnom Penh, so it’s all go. We have booked our boat trip to Siem Reap for tomorrow. Recommended by a very nice American couple we met at breakfast. Should be interesting, 6 hours up the Mekong and … Continue reading →

After a leisurely breakfast we set off by taxi to catch our 10.30 bus to Phnom Penh a 6 hour journey. There is no bus station so we were dropped off along a street where the bus ticket office is … Continue reading →

We had booked a tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels which are just outside the city. These tunnels were used by the Viet Cong during the war to live and hide whilst fighting the USA occupying forces. We waited in … Continue reading →

We were up crack of dawn for our 3 hour bus ride to the Mekong Delta/River. We were a group of thirteen of all nationalities all of whom spoke English so we had a good time getting to know one … Continue reading →

Dawn broke through a bit of smog in Ho Chi Minh City, HCMC from now on. This is the city of scooters, motorbikes, noise, pollution, hawkers, chaos. We have never seen so many bikes, going in all directions horns going … Continue reading →