From the stifling humidity of Bangkok we caught the overnight train for the 700km ride north to Chiang Mai, […]
Archive for January 2016
I think that it is time to hang up those boots…..again!
It must be over ten years since I last played football and I never officially retired like so many of […]
Long tail river boat
No trip to Bangkok would be complete without a ride on a Chao Phraya long tail river boat. You must navigate […]
Xin chao Da Nang
Da Nang is full of surprises and a city with much character. Besides the multitude of bridges it has many […]
Jim Thompson a silky dude from the west
Before my retirement from business, I spent several years working in the clothing and textile industry in South Africa and […]
Thank goodness for time travel
Man who walks through turnstile sideways is going to Bangkok
I visited Bangkok with my pal some 20 years ago, staying with an old work friend in his luxury […]
Giving me food for thought
Trying out the local cuisine is definitely one of the goals I had for this journey and Vietnam in […]
Into Hanoi we go
We met Hanoi after dark. A very inconspicuous looking town with traffic going in all directions like the clappers! I […]
Good morning Vietnam
When you take a short ride to any of these amazing sights around Da Nang you realize how making […]
into the strange 