Hua Hin District, Thailand
11 Januari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Visiting Francis and Denise while recovering from jetlag! A lovely few days enjoying the sunshine, stocking up on local clothes for the hot weather and sampling the food and drink. Everything veryBaca lagi
Bangkok Thailand (1)
11 Januari 2016, Thailand ⋅ 🌙 26 °C
Exploring the city and shopping for the grand tour. Weather turned very cold. Pollution still awful. See individual comments for each photo.
Chiang Mai (1)
28 Januari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Stayed in a basic but excellent value for money small family hotel in the old fortified town. Tin and Nok took great care of us. See comments on each photo.
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This is Nok and Tin at the entrance to their hotel. He speaks good English and provides an excellent taxi service. Nothing was too much trouble!
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By chance we stumbled upon the start of the 720th anniversary celebrations of the founding of Chiang Mai.
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Here is the Master of Ceremonies looking suitably worried. Sandra quite liked his earring.
Elephant Park
29 Januari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We all wonder how these magnificent animals are treated in captivity. My own feeling is that the Thai people love their elephants and would not harm them. Indeed some of these animals definitely had aBaca lagi
Chiang Rai Thailand
1 Februari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Still further North near the "golden triangle" where opium poppies are grown in the Thai, Burma, Laos border area. All a bit simpler, more basic and poorer.
Chiang Rai - Park (1)
2 Februari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
An amazing park on the site of a former prison and close to the centre of town. Disneyland eat your heart out!
Chiang Rai - Park (2)
2 Februari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Too good not to share more photos!
Chiang Rai - White Temple
2 Februari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
An amazing modern temple (Wat Rong Khun) designed by a famous Thai architect (Chalermchai Kositpipat), who happened to be born here. This project is being used to generate local employment and reviveBaca lagi
Thai hill tribes
2 Februari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
There are many different local tribes is this area living a subsistence life in the hinterland. They used to survive by swiddening (look it up) but now farm a little and weave beautiful scarves andBaca lagi
Mekong River trip (1)
3 Februari 2016, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Journey down river started on the Friendship Bridge joining Thailand and Laos. Judging by the convoluted border controls this is a new definition of friendship!? Boat was basic but went surprisinglyBaca lagi
Mekong River trip (2)
4 Februari 2016, Laos ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Stopped overnight in a palm and bamboo "hut" - surprisingly comfortable and relatively mosquito free but oh so cold!!! Trip came to an abrupt end when we were dumped about 8 kilometres short of LuangBaca lagi
Luang Prabang, Laos
7 Februari 2016, Laos ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Our only destination in Laos; not sure about failed communist states and this did nothing to change my mind ... but the hotel was excellent and well managed by the lovely Emmanuelle. So the French areBaca lagi
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Tried to buy a guide to the Summer Palace. The shop in the palace ... closed. The book shop in town ... closed. Last chance the Monument book shop in the airport ... closed! Such an entrepreneurial spirit!
Chinese New Year
8 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Surprisingly no fireworks but as a local said "It's not the Cambodian New Year!? This procession was fun but caused total chaos with the traffic for quite some time.
Siem Reap - Angkors
9 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Amazing! Has to be seen to be beieved. Definitely a wonder of the world!
Siem Reap - town
9 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Small town developed to support the tourist traffic for Angkor. Not a lot to see or do apart from them. Actually had a day off!
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I was going to complain about the wifi service but then I saw their customer service rep ...
Phnom Penh - town
10 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Capital city and a bit more lively and industrious. But there is no public transport!? Plenty of tuk tuk though. Prices are mostly in US $ if not you're probably in the wrong part of town!
Looked at all the photos published - wonderful trip and the map showing all your movements is super. Continue and have fun. Will keep looking in xx Liz
Phnom Penh - Genocide Museum
11 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 30 °C
We decided not to go to the "killing fields" but to pay our respects at this museum. It was known as S21 and is housed in the building used to torture and kill thousands of innocent victims. PleaseBaca lagi
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It reads " Never will we forget the crimes committed during the Democratic Kampuchea regime". 20% to 25% of the population were killed in less than 4 years
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When this prison was liberated the last 14 prisoners had been killed before the guards fled. They are buried in white graves in front of building A. There are photographs of how they were found in each room of building A in the background.
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Barbed wire surrounding the prison. There was no-one to hear their screams as the whole city had been cleared in a matter of days. Forced to work on the land about which they knew nothing.
Silk weaving Phnom Penh, Cambodia
11 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
Everybody knows they weave silk here but when you see the fineness of the thread and the complexities of the loom it's mind blowing! A few examples but the photos do not do justice to the vibrantBaca lagi
Ouna Lom Pagoda Phnom Penh
11 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
This is the focal point for Buddhism in the city. However, it's all new as so much was destroyed by the Khmer Rouge.
Phnom Penh - some photos from Sandra
11 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
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Phnom-Penh National Museum
12 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
This museum has the best display of Khmer statuary, which vital to re-establish their cultural heritage after the atrocities of the 1970s.
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Exhibits range from the prehistoric through the Angkor period to the present day.
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A magnificent statue of the Hindu god Vishnu. It stands nearly 3 metres tall and has a real presence.
Phnom-Penh Royal Palace (1)
12 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Built in the mid 19th century in the classic Khmer style, this palace is the official residence of Cambodia's reigning monarch. The only elected monarch!
Phnom-Penh Royal Palace (2)
12 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Phnom-Penh Royal Palace (3)
12 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
The inner compound wall of the palace complex is beautifully decorated with vivid frescoes of scenes from the Reamer - the Khmer version of the Indian epic, Ramayana. They are about 100 years old andBaca lagi
Phnom-Penh Royal Palace (4)
12 Februari 2016, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
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Nigel making friends with the locals
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On the way to Monkey Island ....
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A very tall Buddha on Monkey Island.