Thailand

Monday, January 20, 2014 Pha Yao is set along Kwan Phayao, a wetland (with artificially controlled water level, to prevent it from drying out in the ‘dry’ season), which makes for a very pleasant lake and ’embarcadero’. We arrived here…

Sunday, January 19, 2014 The scenery here in the north continues to amaze us. Like yesterday, we drove at a leisurely pace arriving in Chiangrai in the early afternoon. This gave us plenty of time to walk around the city…

Saturday, January 18, 2014 The road north from Chiangmai to Tha Ton is quite beautiful. We made a leisurely drive up and down the winding roads taking in the dense green forest lands. Our objective for the day’s drive was…

We’d heard a lot of positive things about this city (Thailand’s second) and it lived up to its expectations. The old city is surrounded by a moat full of fountains. Ayutthay and Sukhothai are also surrounded by moats but both…

Monday, January 13, 2014 Pai is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Northern Thailand. Truly magical scenery. The drive from Mae Sariang was a delight and one of those iconic drives you hear about and really should do, especially if…

Saturday, January 11, 2014 After a birthday skype with Stephen’s mum we left Mae Sot towards Mae Sariang. About 48kms north of Mae Sot we passed a very extensive Burmese refugee camp. On either side there were army checkpoints. Access…

Wednesday, January 8, 2014 The road to Mae Sot was “exciting”. Steep-ish mountain roads, lots of sharp corners, pot-holes, uneven seal and all with large struggling trucks and the occasional crazy Thai suicidal driver over-taking on blind corners. Having said…

Monday, January 6, 2014 Long drive to Sukhothai today. Along the way we stopped at Lopburi to see the local attraction and of course the monkeys. While heading North we saw quite a few police convoys heading South. Later that…

Friday, January 3, 2014 ‘Milk meeting on the River Khwae’ Getting our respective coffee and tea for breakfast we missed fresh milk so Stephen went to get some from our car fridge. Another guest made a comment to her husband about…

Thursday, January 2, 2014 My little travel clock said 6:14am and I was wide awake. Being only about a 10 minute walk from The Bridge over the River Khwae, I leapt out of bed, got dressed, grabbed my camera and…

Wednesday, January 1, 2014 Kanchanaburi is home to the Bridge Over the River Khwae. Turns out ‘Kwai’ is incorrect and means ‘buffalo’. Here we visited the Jeath War Museum, the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery and of course the bridge itself which spans…

Monday, December 30, 2013 We got a good taste of the Northern end of the East coast of Southern Thailand, and a place called Hua Hin. Well, we got stuck in traffic and took about an hour to dislodge ourselves.…

Sunday, December 29, 2013 We continued North through some lovely countryside eventually making it to the East Cost of Thailand and the town of Prachuap Khiri Khan. This sleepy town is famed for its fresh seafood and we certainly enjoyed…

Saturday, December 28, 2013 We drove 205 kms from Khao Sok NP to Ranong. Google states that it 2h44mins, but in reality it takes longer. Don’t get me wrong: the roads are good. But the driving style of the Thais is reckless…