Jan 24, 2018 | South East Asia, Uncategorized
We have returned to the UK as Michelle’s dad is seriously ill in hospital in Wales. We will resume as soon as possible.
Jan 19, 2018 | South East Asia
We didn’t arrive until later in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). We headed for Ben Thahn market and had some street food. Two meals and a couple of beers for £6. The next day we went for a walking city tour. HCMC has a mix of colonial and modern buildings. The traffic...
Jan 15, 2018 | South East Asia
Min-Yon-Mar A poem in the style of Purple Ronnie In Yangon we met our guide called Min Like all Myanmar people with a big grin A land of Temples, some are Stupa And always inside a statue of Buddha Sometime seated also reclining With gold leaf he’s always shining At...
Jan 15, 2018 | South East Asia
Our last destination on the tour was Inle Lake. It’s the second largest lake in Myanmar and at a height of 2,900 feet. We took a trip on a long boat to various sights on the lake. Inle is a bit like Venice (they need to use this in their marketing!). Houses are...
Jan 12, 2018 | South East Asia
We had a long boat journey to Bagan. The Bagan area has literally thousands of Pagodas. A few are Temples, but most are “Stupas”, which you can’t walk into as there’s only room for the obligatory Buddha statue inside. It’s popular (and...
