One of the biggest Khmer Ruins in Thailand is in Ayutthaya, which is just a small diversion on the road from Pak Chong to Bangkok. Bruce wanted to see this last ruin, but the rest of the group wasn’t interested anymore, so while Bruce walked around it, they sat outside and read books. There loss. […]
Ban Mai Vintage
It is not often that I would do a post on a hotel we have stayed at, but this one was so quirky that it deserves a post. When we first arrived, we couldn’t find reception since there was so much clutter. When we were taken to our rooms, we weaved our way around clutter. […]
Korat Country Club
We had a game booked at Rooks Khorat Golf Club (note the spelling of Khorat varies, so both are acceptable). I read some reviews yesterday and they were not good. I looked at the map on Hole 19 (great program if you don’t already use it) and the course looked dubious. We drove down the […]
Phimai Historical Park – near Korat
We left Khon Kaen and were driven to Korat, via another Khmer ruin. This site contains the Prasat Hin Phimai (tower or temple), one of the most important Mahayana Buddhist temples in Thailand, dating back about 1000 years. On the drive we stopped at a service station for a stretch and bathroom break. We were […]
Ku Kaew Khmer Ruins
Today we went to see the first of our planned Khmer ruins, there are several on the Khmer Highway that went from Angkor in Cambodia, through Thailand and in to Lao. There wasn’t much left here, but apparently it was a type of medical facility and Wat. There were also the remains of a tower […]
Travelling from Lao to Thailand
Today we left Lao to go into Thailand. It was a bit confusing for us, but we thought we would muddle our way through. Neither taxi driver could take us over the bridge from the Lao checkpoint to the Thai checkpoint, so we were dropped off at the Lao checkpoint, walked with our luggage through […]
Walking around Vientiane
The weather has been beautiful during our stay in Vientiane, mid 20’s and very little humidity. We haven’t even been encouraged to go swimming. We went for a bit of a walk around on Tuesday but didn’t really see too much, we are terrible tourists since we don’t like museums or churches (Wats, Temple etc). […]
Trip to Vientiane
We left our luxury accommodation in Luang Prabang, the Lakhang Thong Hotel didn’t really live up to the reviews, but the room was nice and given the price it was very enjoyable. We set off at 7am for Vientiane, going via a really good coffee shop for breakfast. It had a very French influence. Then […]
Kayaking on Nam Khan River
We decided to take a leisurely kayaking trip today to show that 70 year olds can still do this sort of thing. Our driver Mr Tot took us to meet our tour guide “Year” at the river where we could then paddle down with the current. We had double kayaks so that the girls could […]
Luang Prabang Golf Club 1
We left Bangkok on Wednesday and flew AirAsia to Luang Prabang. Had a couple of problems at checkin when they didn’t recognise our golf clubs as a piece of luggage, thought it was special sports equipment, but all was solved in the end. It was a nice flight and everything else went well, entry to […]