Day 1 and 2- Travel Atlanta to San Francisco. SF to Tokyo and Tokyo to Bangkok. Good seats so got some rest and ate some good food. Still, 27 hours of travel is tough.Arrived at hotel at about 11 PM Friday night and it was very hot and sticky …

We awoke quite early as we had a 8.30am Garuda flight to Singapore. Harry our driver came in at 5.45am and helped load all the bags. We set off soon after and reached the airport at about 6.35am. It was a reasonably smoothy process as in Jakarta …

Elise and I are both very tired after the last few days but we need to finish things off before we go. Elise is packing and I am printing out all the confirmations I need for the trip and setting up this blog. I will try to update this on a …

Muy buenas a todos! Aqui es donde vamos a compartir todo lo relacionado con nuestro viaje. Dadas las circunstancias, contamos con un participante mas que viene de una manera distinta. No no, no es un hijo :) ... es nuestro gran amigo Carlitos …

by Richard Barrow On the Western outskirts of Bangkok is the Samphran Elephant Ground and Zoo. They label it themselves as the "greatest elephant show in Thailand" and I think they are probably right. I went there yesterday with Nong Grace …

by Richard Barrow For first time visitors to Thailand, the tourist attraction that should be at the top of everyone’s list is the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Or, to be more precise, Wat Phra Kaew (The Temple of the Emerald Buddha). This location is …

by Richard Barrow I think the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) have been doing a pretty good job of promoting tourism in Bangkok. Some of their tourist brochures which you can pick up in the tourist office are quite informative. They …

by Stephen Cleary It seems that the webmaster has been really stealing the show over the past few days with a mouth-watering lowdown on the nation’s munchable treats, leaving the likes of myself to serve up and write about another one of Thailand …

by Richard Barrow In the olden days, people in Thailand didn't go to markets like we do today. The markets came to them. This is because most people either lived on canals or along the banks. The canals were the road system of the past and …

by Richard Barrow One of my favourite temples in Bangkok has to be Wat Benchamabopit. This is more commonly known by tourists and tour guides as the Marble Temple because it was built with marble from Carrera, Italy. It is one of the most stunning …