Thailand
Jacqueline’s favourite place
August 9, 2018Care for Dogs A good part of our travels to date have included, when we are not house sitting, spending a few months each year in Chiang Mai, Thailand. You’ll find a number of posts about our time there elsewhere in this blog. (Hint: look under the THAILAND section in the PLACES menu item). However, each […]
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Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang by bus, slow boat and plane
January 28, 2018I’d read that the slow boat along the Mekong River from the Northern Thai border to Luang Prabang in Laos was a great trip. So I decided to go on a mini adventure from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang to find out for myself. Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang – first stop Chiang Khong The […]
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We’re famous – well almost!!!
April 29, 2017“How can you afford to travel full time??” friends and family have asked us. Well, part of the answer is in an article
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What a year!!! (part 1)
January 1, 2017Who knew that as we set off on November 5th 2015 what a wonderful, exciting, adventurous, enlightening, educational year it would turn out to be for us.
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The Silver Temple
October 17, 2016Chiang Mai has an abundance of Buddhist Wats but there are a handful that stand out as just that bit special. The Wat Sri Suphan, or silver temple, is one.
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Bus from Chiang Mai to Sukhothai (same same but different!!)
March 15, 2016This was our first experience of using the Thai bus system and by and large it was ok (once you work out where the buses leave from)
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Living costs in Chiang Mai
March 6, 2016How much does it cost to live in Chiang Mai? Read on to find out…
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A Creative Vision
March 4, 2016We stumbled across this fascinating place today on our way back from a walk up to Wat Pha Lat.
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Finding an apartment in Chiang Mai
December 1, 2015Our search for somewhere to stay started back in Australia in September 2015
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Preparing for our Excellent Adventure…
November 10, 2015Glenn, for many years, has had romantic ideas about spending 6 months living in a sugar cube house on a Greek Island and the remainder of the year living in Australia.
“It will never work! How can we afford it? Won’t we get bored? What about our house, jobs?” was my response.