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I am back in “Merry” England for the Christmas season. I arrived on these familiar shores at 8pm on 1st December. It was strangely familiar returning to the house considering we have lived in it just 2 years. All was well – even the dreaded spiders had been vanquished by the cleaners in preparation for…

I’m almost done this semester. Just one more project to hand in (which I’m having a serious amount of trouble concentrating on today), and I’m done! The work I produced this semester wasn’t as fulfilling as I’d hoped it would be. First semester is always like that though – for the first half, I’m still…

It is four weeks since our last excursion out of Bangkok, so we decided to take a long w/e and go off exploring again this last few days; this time down the west coast of the gulf of Thailand to the Rayong Resort, just opposite the island of Samet (Koh Samet). We left on Friday…

As I was saying in my last blog (the title works now, thanks Christina), we had a party around the pool on Sat night to celebrate the above festival a week early. We had lots of food and drink and Thai dancing all free. A very good evening we floated our Kratongs on the pool…

I keep trying to give my blog a title but it doesn’t seem to want to accept it! Seems my last blog amused some of you, thanks for all the comments. For those that still don’t know if you click on “comments” at the end of the blog you can leave a note of what…

As a result of my long and rather severe illness a few weeks ago, caused by what I believe to be was a weakened immune system from not eating properly and not getting enough sleep, I have resolved to eat properly and get enough sleep. Thus, two weeks ago I purchased a box of clementines…

City of Angels – the real name of Bangkok. City of smiles – its nick-name. City of traffic. City (country) of noise. This is the first thought that will come to mind of Bangkok once I leave. It is unbelievable how much traffic there is here. It can take 1 hour to go 1 mile…

Today I went to a brunch put on by the ladies of the Australian and New Zealand Women’s Group. It is held each year to coincide with the running of the horse race in Australia. It started at 9am, and I left at 3:45pm. When I arrived at 9:30am, I placed bets by paying 50,…

Just had a weekend away at the beach here; what a wonderful break. We went to a seaside resort about 200 Km away called Hua Hin. It’s where the King of Thailand lives since his health is not the best (rather than live in Bangkok), so that’s quite the recommendation eh? We stayed at a…

I have discovered strange places were one sweats, like the top of the feet and the ears. I have never sweated here before so I must never have been this hot before! Actually, the heat seems to be easing a little, it isn’t as humid. The rainy season officially ceases at the end of October,…