Many years ago, during my previous, more interesting life and while still in possession of hair, teeth, ears that could hear and twenty-twenty vision, not only had a bamboo curtain been thrown around China by [more…]
12th January Laos * ປະເທດລາວ *…well, almost Mrs ABS’s father needs a new visa every few years to live in Thailand and, rather than fly to Bangkok, it is easier and cheaper for him to [more…]
A sunny Sunday in July, and it turned into a pretty special day. In glorious summery weather, we got to ride on a couple of beautifully restored vintage seafront bus services running from just outside [more…]
SAKON NAKHON – สกลนคร A one-hour flight from Bangkok saw us arrive at Udon Thani airport in the North East of Thailand. Mrs ABS’ stepmum, Nin, (NHRN) was waiting for us along with her son, Ning, [more…]
Day 10 – Monday, at sea I awoke just after six thirty to scattered cloud and a bit of movement. We are on a fast run for this ship, about 20 knots, to Cadiz for [more…]
Day 5 – Wednesday, Funchal, Madeira I awoke just after six; it was still dark, so turned over and went back to sleep for another forty minutes. This time it was grey and grotty, and [more…]
Day One – Saturday As I have made the Baltic level of the P&O Peninsula Club, I have a few perks on this holiday, one of which is an early boarding time. Today I am [more…]
Never travel to a country that’s a funny colour on the map, or worse still, described by different coloured diagonal lines. Disputed territory is not only the cartographer’s nightmare, but also that of the traveller. [more…]
Excuse the provocative title, I know there are a few others left but let me flesh out my view, I have been fortunate to have travelled much of the world on business which has meant [more…]
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