I had the pleasure of having my two good friends come to visit me while I have been in Hawaii. They stayed with me and we also took a trip for the weekend to Kaua39i one of the other islands … Continue reading →

Good morning from sunny HOT DubaiSaw the news last night and couldn39t believe my eyes the major snow storm in New York City Wow So I couldn39t resist posting a picture of us at the beach on Facebook for all … Continue reading →

In early October there were a number of local firework festivals. I stumbled across one in my own village of Tomida and joined in a procession up to the local temple to watch some crazy men dressed in festival costumes … Continue reading →

We are finally in the UK. The trip over was painless. Must say the A380 and Emirates did make it easier. We had a lovely 24hrs in Sydney with Shane Clare and the girls. We had the morning on South … Continue reading →

The Khmer written language does not use the Roman alphabet Aw Kohn means thank you but the spelling in the title is only phonetic. It39s really amazing how crossing the border into Cambodia has changed our trip. The differences seem … Continue reading →

Up and dressed before any alarms go off. Breakfast pancakes while Natalie waits for the water to come back on. walk our bags to the edge of town and wait for a bemo local bus. We get harassed by lots … Continue reading →

USUK mix up of the week When I asked my coursemates what paracetamol a medicine I39ve seen in drugstores is one girl replied Do you know Novocaine After a few seconds of …WHAT I realized no that was not right … Continue reading →

Queue for the bathroom and order breakfast to the room it39s included pancakes and teacoffee. At the same time the local in the red and white tshirt that wanted to sell us bikestoursrooms yesterday reappears still wearing his red and … Continue reading →

Natalie39s in the shower and I39m checking my email when the alarm goes off. Kai and Netta knock while I39m checking the room for anything we39ve forgotten and we head to the ferry port. 10000R each for a ticket on … Continue reading →

The Choral Festival here has booked us in outreach concerts all around the area. Sadly two of these are somewhat far flung. Last afternoon we boarded the bus for a 2.5 hour ride to Polanco a little hillside town population … Continue reading →

A quelques heures de la baie dHalong surpeuple de touristes chinois et occidentaux la baie de Lan Ha est tout aussi fabuleuse et nous y sommes pratiquement seuls Incroyable le spectacle qui soffre a nous Plongs dans une lgre brume … Continue reading →

I took a minibus from Vang Viang to Luang Prabang 6hrs through the mountains and valleys the scenery absolutely stunning. We stopped at the top of the mountains for lunch. Getting out of the minibus everyone was saying toilet toilet … Continue reading →

Last night we saw a huge colony of bats in the botanic gardens. They are the size of large cats with a 3 foot wingspan….Paul says they are really the size of rats with a 1 foot wingspan……don39t listen to … Continue reading →

Friday evening Tou one of the Thai girls on the class organised for us all to go out for dinner. It was great We all went to River View restaurant Tou picked some of us up from the school in … Continue reading →

Its the weekend Wow what it feels like to have a weekend. Saturday I caught up with Norma and we went to the Irish bar in town to watch the Rugby matches. First the Ireland game and after eating a … Continue reading →

Norma and myself caught the bus from Ayutthaya to Chaing Mai during the day eventually and after the tuktuk driver took us to the train station instead of the bus station another 7km away even that wasnt simple. On the … Continue reading →

I took the 730 boat from Dumaguete to Tagbilaran on Bohol then after taking a habalhabal to the jeepney station I caught a jeepney to Nuts Huts. Not sure where I wanted to get off I was hoping the guy … Continue reading →

Sitting around the house today we began discussing all the things we are going to miss about Seoul and South Korea in particular. Shauna and I have both agreed that most of what we miss about Calgary are all the … Continue reading →

The flight in was good. Technically I drank and watched movies for 2 days straight since I crossed the international dateline. Lets just say I think I did some good damage to their Bacardi stash. My first day in Sydney … Continue reading →

Nubra 39the valley of flowers39 is located in the north of Leh around 120 kms across Khardung La 18380ft the world39s highest motorable road. Nubra used to be an important trade center on the famous silk route leading from Leh … Continue reading →