Category: My blog
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Nafplio- Day 1 – A “rest” day
Needless to say, I awoke with a terrible headache in the night, courtesy of 500ml of dubious rose wine and a lager. I really must practise more. I could blame it on the massive thunderstorm that broke in the night , but that would be lying. Luckily for me, Steve had declared today as a…
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Pottering the Peloponnese
Here we go again Depending on how you feel about Covid, are we stupid, foolhardy people courting inevitable hospitalisation and death; or are we intrepid and devil may care travellers, setting a sterling example to all those cowering scaredy-cats out there? Neither actually. We are opportunists, foreseeing a winter of lockdowns and isolation, and are…
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Over too soon
That didn’t take long. This was probably the laziest holiday we’ve had since our early twenties. I blame it on the combination of masks and heat. Amongst the hottest holiday weather we’ve ever had ( Pulgia in Italy takes the prize for that – 45 degrees), just sitting in the sun for more than 10…
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Memory Lane
Today our incredibly busy schedule of doing nothing was broken up by meeting up for an afternoon drink with some long standing Dalaman friends. It’s these events that make it seem quite unreal that we have actually sold our Turkey house. The thought of never coming back here seems unthinkable, like never going back to…
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Magnums
What am I going to ramble on about today, you ask. Huge bottles of champagne maybe? Guns? No, it’s my favourite holiday ice-cream. Steve and I may disagree on a range of things, but the love of a daily magnum while away in a hot country is the glue that binds us together. I know,…
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Don’t have pancakes for breakfast on a travel day
It was Steve’s idea but I was the executor.He had suggested pancakes for breakfast as a way of using up some soya milk and eggs before we flew to Turkey for a week. The pancakes used precisely 130 millilitres of soya milk and 1 egg, so were not a great example of saving waste, but…
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2020 vision
Flashback to New Year’s Eve 2019. “This is going to be a great year” I thought. Milestone birthdays, Charlie and Amy’s wedding celebration, a family once-in-a-lifetime trip to Nepal with plenty of travel in between. Yup, 2020 was going down as a good ‘un. Psychic abilities nil points. Still, what a spring and summer. Lockdown…
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Koh Chang
Koh Chang has surprised us as far as Thai islands are concerned. There’s no doubt about it, Thailand is definitely not off the beaten track territory, particularly as far as Bangkok and most of the major islands are concerned. Whilst hardly undiscovered, Koh Chang is nowhere near as commercialised as I expected. Sure, it has…
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Bangkok – again
It’s very interesting how one’s perspective on virtually anything is swayed by both past and recent experiences. Two people could walk down a street, see the same things yet have different feelings and totally different viewpoints regarding their experience. And so it was with Bangkok. Flashing, neon signs everywhere made it look like something out…
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Ngapali/Yangon
Despite his injuries, Steve did manage to enjoy the rest of our stay . We even hired some bikes to explore the tip of Ngapali. The road is pretty and lined with palm trees and greenery. At The end of the road is a fishing village where the fish caught is either dried or packed…
Middle-aged flash packers 