The Grand Palace

Picking up where I left off, on the 7^th we headed out to the Grand Palace to see the Emerald Buddha. Continue reading “Thailand Diaries: The Grand Palace” →

The King’s birthday is on 5^th December each year, and it is a massive deal in Thailand. As far as we could tell, everybody loves the King – one tuk tuk driver told us he would die for his King (a tuk tuk is a three wheel passenger carrying moped – the best way to travel in Bangkok). We started our King’s birthday with some Thai massages (a must – slightly painful, but totally worth it in the end), before heading out to explore.

A tuk tuk Continue reading “Thailand Diaries: Bangkok and the King’s Birthday” →

I’m on on some exciting travels around the world! We’ve been traveling for three weeks now, and I meant to keep a blog, but just haven’t got around to it … whoops! Luckily I have been posting some lengthy updates to Facebook, so bear with me while I catch up, and then I will try and post more regularly. Continue reading “Thailand Diaries: Touchdown” →