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Hua Hin Railway Station
Hua Hin, Day 23 Today, we decided to walk to the Hua Hin train station, as it has a lot of history. The original Hua Hin train station...

Liz
Dec 17, 20242 min read


The Battle of R and Goliath
Hua Hin, Day 22 Aah, another day of getting up to the sound of the waves and having breakfast by the beach as we contemplate our day - I...

Liz
Dec 16, 20243 min read


A relaxing day at the beach...
Hua Hin, Day 21 Today we decided that after breakfast, we'd go for a walk along the beach and then we'd have a chilled day just enjoying...

Liz
Dec 15, 20243 min read


Hua Hin - our first impressions
Hua Hin, Day 20 Last night we had a brief walk around the nearby area but mainly to grab some dinner as we were a bit exhausted with the...

Liz
Dec 14, 20243 min read


Off to Hua Hin we go....
Bangkok & Hua Hin, Day 19 So we had quite a relaxing morning just finishing up the last of our packing and our final tidying up before we...

Liz
Dec 13, 20244 min read


Meeting our future hosts....
Bangkok, Day 18 So we are leaving our first Bangkok Home Exchange tomorrow for a week at a beach resort, but then we will be coming back...

Liz
Dec 12, 20242 min read


Culture and a Conman...
Bangkok, Day 17 So today, we decided to be a bit more cultural and in addition to doing yet ANOTHER shopping mall and if anyone knows me...

Liz
Dec 11, 20245 min read


Asoke, the Red light area & canal travel
Bangkok, Day 16 Today's route plan started by hopping onto the BTS to Asoke. We had decided to go back to the Interchange 21 food...

Liz
Dec 10, 20246 min read


The Ratchaprasong District
Bangkok, Day 15 Today's plan was to visit the Ratchaprasong area of Bangkok to see the various malls and shops. BTS Skywalkway...

Liz
Dec 9, 20243 min read


What is Home Exchange?
In 2014, R and I bought a little 1-bedroom flat in the Merchant City area of Glasgow. The initial idea was that we would use it as an...

Liz
Dec 8, 20244 min read


The Digital Park Area
Bangkok, Day 14 My goodness it has already been 2 weeks since we departed Glasgow and that time seems to have just flown by, and yet it...

Liz
Dec 7, 20243 min read


The Big C Plaza & 2nd Street Shopping
Bangkok, Day 13 Today we decided to walk to the Big C Plaza and visit the 2nd Street Store. We identified a route that would also take...

Liz
Dec 6, 20244 min read


"You lying cow...."
Bangkok, Day 12 So what sparked this uncharacteristic outburst from my beloved R, you may ask? Well, after another few busy days, we...

Liz
Dec 5, 20243 min read


Chatuchak Market and Victory Monument
Bangkok, Day 11 . Today, we headed off to explore both the Chatuchak Weekend Market and the Victory Monument areas of Bangkok. ...

Liz
Dec 4, 20244 min read


The Ekkamai District
Bangkok, Day 10 We have a possible day trip on our minds but I think we are both a little wary that it might be a bit much in the Bangkok...

Liz
Dec 3, 20245 min read


Exercise - are you aff yer heid wummin??
Bangkok, Day 9 . After our day on the River, we decided to have another more gentle day. We both have some computer tasks to complete,...

Liz
Dec 2, 20243 min read


The EM District malls...
A quick disclaimer: any astute readers may notice that some of my blog entries are slightly out of order. As much as possible I am...

Liz
Dec 1, 20244 min read


Taking in the beautiful Chao Phraya River
Bangkok, Day 8 . After quite a busy walking day yesterday, we decided to take things a little bit easier today with a nice, relaxing...

Liz
Nov 30, 20244 min read


Finally - our first downtime day...
Bangkok, Day 6 . Well I'm still waking up at around 03.30hrs but at least I managed to get back to sleep again after a short time and...

Liz
Nov 29, 20242 min read


A rather unfortunate incident... - A rebuttal
As the final note was played out, there was no rapturous applause. No standing ovation and cries of encore from the audience following...
R
Nov 28, 20246 min read
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