VIEWS OVER CHIANG MAI We survived our 13 hour journey on the night train to Chiang Mai! Neither of us got much sleep thanks to rocking of the train, but we made it! I started out on the top bunk, but when the train’s movements threatened to bounce […]
FROM THE VENICE OF THE EAST TO CHIANG MAI BY OVERNIGHT TRAIN Historically Bangkok was crisscrossed by klongs (i.e. canals), and so gained the nickname “Venice of the East”. These narrow waterways were once used for transportation and for floating markets, and were an iconic symbol of the […]
FOND FAREWELLS TO ALL THINGS IRISH, WELSH, SCOTTISH & ENGLISH It’s hard to believe it’s been 2 months since we landed at Heathrow Airport, freshly traumatised from our experience in China. The past 2 months in the British Isles have flown and we have absolutely loved our time […]
VIEWS OVER EDINBURGH FROM CASTLE HILL Edinburgh Castle towers over the city below, providing spectacular views over the town below and surrounding landscape. There has been a fortress of some kind on Castle Hill since the Iron Age, and as Edinburgh and the Kingdom of Scotland grew in […]
OUTDOOR CAPITAL OF THE U.K. Fort William is the self proclaimed “Outdoor Capital of the UK”. This small resort town sits on the shores of Loch Linnhe, under the shadow on Ben Nevis (Britain’s highest mountain at 1,344m altitude), and at the crossroads of 2 of Scotland’s most […]
Wandering Soles 