We’d had a couple of busy days, so we decided to take it easy in Seminyak. After a sleep in, we had a swim in the pool and were surprised when someone knocked on the gate! It was the maid who was looking after our villa. She asked if we […]
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Today we bid farewell to Mekar Sari and Ubud, planning to spend a day exploring some temples on our way down to Seminyak where we were spending the next two nights. We had already arranged a driver with the villa, using the original price they quoted us from the airport […]
We started our first full day in Ubud with a delicious and very generous breakfast delivered to the outdoor dining table by the pool. We ordered the night before and had a choice of nasi goreng or mi goreng, served with fresh fruit, fresh juice and coffee. It was a […]
I had a big day today, visiting Ayutthaya to check out the temples and ruins there. Ayutthaya is about an hour and a half north of Bangkok, so a pretty good distance for a day trip. Having explored the city for the last few days I was ready to get […]
Today I made my way across the city to visit the Grand Palace, and neighbouring Wat Pho. The Grand Palace used to be the official residence of the king, although now it is only used for official events. It’s a large complex of buildings built on Rattanakosin Island, a man […]
After a busy week, I had a slightly lazier day on Sunday. We’d been pretty not stop in Chiang Mai, and spent a lot of time on our feet yesterday exploring Chatuchak market. Today we slept in, then went for a lazy coffee with Marwan (it was his one day […]
This morning after breakfast, we went across the road to a shop which rents bikes for 50 bhat per day (that’s only $2!). We had pulled together a list of temples we wanted to visit and decided that cycling would be faster than walking and better value than constantly jumping […]
Yesterday was our first full day in Chiang Mai. We had spent some time on Tuesday working out the various things we wanted to see while we’re here. Towards the top of our list was Doi Suthep, a temple located on a mountain just a short way out of the […]
After the excitement of Disneyland the night before, I was a bit lost for something to do today. I felt like I’d covered just about every corner of Tokyo and didn’t know where to go next. I had a look at Lonely Planet and read through some of the brochures […]