Tag Archives: South East Asia

Photo of the Day #19 (SE Asia Day 9 – Bangkok)

Travels in South East Asia August-September 2011 – Day 9 – Bangkok Pulling in to Bangkok by train was an interesting way to arrive in the bigcity. But it did give the impression that it is quite big. Bangkok is … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #18 (SE Asia Day 8 – Thailand Travel)

Travels in South East Asia August-September 2011 – Day 8. Leaving Koh Samui was another adventure. We could easily have stayed longer, but we had places to go. We had booked travel to Bangkok, but that was an adventure in … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #17 (SE Asia Day 7 – Koh Samui)

Travels in South East Asia August-September 2011. Koh Samui had certainly changed a lot since 1977 when I first visited. But we could hardly believe our luck when we landed on a lovely laid-back end of a fairly busy Lemai … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #16 (SE Asia Day 6 – Koh Samui)

Travels in South East Asia August-September 2011. Lemai Beach on Koh Samui (island) in Thailand was a lovely place to wake up. We were at the quiet end of the beach and that was busy enough for us. Later in … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #15 (SE Asia Day 5 – Koh Samui)

Day 4 of our travels last year ended with a mini-bus hurtle from Penang north to the Thailand border, a bizarre border town where we temporarily lost a passenger and found an elephant in the main street, and eventually a … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #14 (SE Asia Day 4 – Penang Hill)

Continuing my trip down memory alley, Day 4 of our South East Asia travels last year began on Penang Island and ended hurtling north in Thailand – on a big bus with a loud video playing. We’d been in Georgetown … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #13 (SE Asia Day 3 – Penang)

The third day of our travels last year was the first day we woke and went to bed in the same place. We got off to a flying start but hoped to spend at least a couple of nights in … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #11 (SE Asia Day 2 Penang)

Day 2 of our travels in South East Asia last year dawned in Butterworth after an overnight train trip north from Kuala Lumpur. A short ferry ride later we were on Penang Island and navigating through the streets of Georgetown … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day #9 (SE Asia Day 1 – Kuala Lumpur)

These warm days in Blenheim remind us a bit of our travels last year in South East Asia. Except the humidity was a whole lot higher. And the sights were a whole lot different. It’s fun to go back through … Continue reading

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