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Working my butt off in Taipei
I have been trying to get to my Blog for ages, but just can’t seem to find the time. I will get round to it soon – but working long days here, flying back and forth every week, then catching up on vereything at w/e just doesn’t leave me any time.Anyway, in the meantime here’s…
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Thoughts on Bangkok’s Military Coup
Coup! What Coup? Dave and I were very surprised to wake up last Wed. morning, 21st September, to a barrage of emails from concerned friends and family asking if we were ok. We had been out the night before to a Fado concert (it was wonderful and I will write about that later) and on…
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We finally got to Ayutthaya, the historical city around 1:00PM and by this time it was very hot indeed somewhere in the low 40’s C!First stop Wat Phra Si Sanepet a view of one of the three Stupas. A Stupa is a buriel mound for a holy man, at least that is what they were…
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Bangkok Culture
Yesterday I went to see “Aida” performed by the National Opera House of Belarus and staged at The Thailand Cultural Centre here in Bangkok. I got a ticket at the last minute but still got a good seat, at the back, on the ground floor; it is a good theater to see and hear in.This…
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Moved on to Taiwan
Well here we go with another change, hence the reason for the long time interval since my last “blog”.I am now in Taiwan.Trish is still in Thailand.My project in Bangkok was almost finished, and the project here in Taiwan that I was on 4 years ago is still not finished and I was asked to…
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A day trip out of Bangkok
One hot Saturday morning Dave and I got the driver, ‘Pon, from work to take us to Si Ayutthaya, or Ayutthaya as it is usually known. It is a province situated about 80km north of Bangkok and was once one of the most powerful states in Southeast Asia. For 417 years the city of Ayutthaya…
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One night in Bangkok
I am an extremely lucky lady.Dave has been in England for the past week so I have been entertaining myself.I know I usually do during the day; but not at night and not on the w/e’s.Last night I stayed in but today I figured I would do something a little different. I went to the…
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The road to Mandalay
Myanmar, or Burma as was.We visited Burma for 5 days in early July – purportedly our last significant (long) weekend away from Bangkok before our departure from Thailand. This trip was largely my choice, as I was enraptured by the thought of “The road to Mandalay”. Trish bought into the idea when she realised that…
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Guiding
Christina has asked me to tell her about my guiding and what is involved with it, so here for Christina and anyone else who is interested, are my experiences to date. Picture shows those of us who “Graduated” from the guiding course with two of our leaders in the grounds of the museum.Our nationalities are:…
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Rain rain rain
We celebrated Canada Day here on Sat. ( a week early, on Jean Baptist, because everyone leaves for home now school is out for the international kids) in the British Club grounds. Needless to say it poured with rain twice during the afternoon and evening resulting in a mud patch instead of a lawn. Fortunately…