EnglandHillingdonHeathrowHilton Garden Inn London Heathrow Terminal 251°28’9” N 0°27’22” W April 2 in England ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
After staying the night at Seb and Emilia's, we headed off to Heathrow for our 15:05 BA flight to Beijing.
ChinaBeijingAnheqiaocun40°0’3” N 116°16’31” E
April 7 in China ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
The Summer Palace is located on the western outskirts of Beijing, a former residence from the Qibg dynasty although it was destroyed and subsequently rebuilt in 1902. The spectacular Tower of theRead more
ChinaBeijingShiChaHaiHouHai (Rear Lake)39°56’36” N 116°23’36” E
April 8 in China ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
An interesting Chinese breakfast this morning, in the same Dimsum restaurant we ate in last night and in fact one of the dishes was the same as well. After a quick wander down to the Drum and BellRead more
ThailandChangwat TratBan Kai BaeAo Kai Bae12°1’33” N 102°17’28” E
April 9 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Our journey to Koh Chang involved an 11.40 flight with Bangkok Airways to Trat where we'd prebooked a transfer to our hotel, the Kai Bae Beach Resort. A very comfortable trip in an air-conditioned SUVRead more
ThailandChangwat TratBan Kai BaeAo Kai Bae12°1’32” N 102°17’28” E
April 10 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Explored the local area, plenty of places to eat, drink and shop. We booked speedboat tickets at Kai Bei Hut (800THB each, £17 or so) to Ko Mak on Saturday - don't know what we'd have done if theyRead more
ThailandChangwat TratBan Kai BaeAo Kai Bae12°1’32” N 102°17’29” E
April 12 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
White Sand Beach to do some shopping and have a look around.
Tonight is the eve of Songkran - the water machine guns, buckets and hosepipes are already in operation, drenching unsuspecting folk,Read more
ThailandChangwat TratAo Kathueng11°48’48” N 102°27’53” E
April 13 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Speedboat to Koh Mak, only an hour or so from Ko Chang. Beautiful, unspoilt, quiet, stunning white sandy beaches, quaint rustic bars and restaurants. Very little traffic, only motorcycles and sharedRead more
ThailandChangwat TratAo Kathueng11°48’49” N 102°27’53” E
April 15 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Breakfast at Ball Café across the road. Dave's breakfast including the half a pineapple and coffee and juice was only 200THB (£4.40).
A quiet day by the pool, gorgeous. At least we could get someRead more
ThailandChangwat TratBan Ao PhraKo Rayang Nai11°48’31” N 102°27’24” E
April 16 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
We planned to walk across to Ko Rayang Nai at low tide this morning but realised that we were about 5 hours too early! 😂 Dave tried walking out but stepped on a huge black sea urchin which actuallyRead more
ThailandChangwat TratAo Kathueng11°48’48” N 102°27’52” E
April 17 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We walked up to the beautiful Ao Soun Yai beach this morning. Unlike our side of the island, this beach is spotless, no sign of any rubbish at all.
After a refreshing iced cappuccino in PineappleRead more
