It was not by design, or part of our original plan but we ended up Rememberence Sunday travelling on the ''Death Railway", part of the Thailand - Burma railway, that was built during World War 2 by allied Prisoners of War. With around 6,000 British troops being amongst the estimated 100,000 people (American, Australian, Dutch, Malay troops and countless 'coolies' from India and China) who died at the hands of the Japanese it is a sobering journey as you travel fr...

Starting the eight weeks away with Krabi was a very good choice! Not really being 'sitting on a beach' kind of people, but more of 'sitting overlooking a beach with a drink' kind of people meant that Krabi pretty much did what we wanted and eased us nicely into the plus seven hour time difference to the UK. There was also enough to keep us busy too whether that be walking, taking a bus to the main town, enjoying a pleasant meal with a cool drink or even planning ...

I cannot get the 1984 song performed by Murray Head, One night in Bangkok, off my mind especially as we only have one night in Bangkok this time around. Interestingly the song, which comes from the musical Chess was written by Tim Rice along with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA fame - something I was unaware of until writing this blog entry. Our trip to the Far East started with a flight with Emirates Airlines from Birmingham to Dubai departing at 13...

Two weeks before our weekend break in Blackpool we were thinking about our forthcoming luxury trip on The Orient Express. How times change! Blackpool was chosen as Heather had it on her 'bucket list' of things to do. This also included doing all of those seaside favourites such as having some candy floss, eating doughnuts, having a proper chip shop supper as well as enjoying the other delights on offer in Blackpool specifically a ride on the trams, a walk on e...

There are times when you are landing at an airport, or when taking in the place during those first few miles of driving in your hire car that you think "this has a nice feel" - Menorca was one of those places. Flying in it seemed green and lush (and being a small island that should be expected), the roads were well maintained and lined with dry stone walls - if there were some potholes and some rain you could possibly almost have been at home as there is a certai...