Back in Bangkok Just back in Bangkok after spending nearly two weeks horizontal in Koh Chang. We seemed to spend our time either lying on the beach or by the pool or on our bed watching, mostly rubbish, dvds. I prefer to think we were girding our loins for our forthcoming trip round Cambodia and Vietnam and the imminent tribulations of damp rooms, hard beds, long bus journeys, rice, rice and more rice. Brian says I am just lazy. Harrumph. We (well, let's sa...

Remembrance Sunday. We have been in Koh Chang, an island of the eastern coast of Thailand, near the Cambodian border, for a week and will be here for a few days more. It's time for our 'capsule holiday', the holiday wrapped within a larger holiday, what a perfect idea. Trust me, scoffers, we need it. We are staying at the Nirvana Resort, and it is. We have a large bungalow on the beach overlooking the bay and the very picturesque resort of Bang Bao, full of ...

Back in Bangkok - ah the bright lights, the big city. The eternal infernal traffic jams. Time to get back to a bit of luxury, soft beds, plasma tv, rooftop swimming pool, eggs without that leathery edge to them. We check into the 'Dream' Hotel, home of the ageing rock stars. At breakfast the next day we are not disappointed when the vertically challenged owner of a top class highlighted mullet and some stack heeled pointy toed boots arrives at the next table,...

The Aunts are Listening We receive a message from Bart on the blog.Tottenham are 3rd from bottom in the league. Bri cannot take the humiliation and studiously avoids Chris the Manchester United fan who, luckily, is on the other bus for the rest of the day. More news from home - aunts are now reading the blog and warning us to keep it clean, and, as everyone knows, you don't disobey an aunt. Under the guise of 'and finally' news they also cunningly manage to...

Back in Bangkok, just for a couple of days to prepare for our trip to Laos. Travelled back on the rattler from Hua Hin, aircon class this time, so we were only half an hour late back into Bangkok as opposed to the normal hour and a quarter. Tried to get laundry done, but honestly there's just no Widow Twanky around when you need one, so we decided to make do with the thousand t-shirts we still have left, and frankly once you've lost your sense of smell with thi...