Category: ‘Gap Year’

Mandy: 28th October – 3rd November We had both been looking forward to going to Chiang Mai. Everyone we knew who had been there said it was amazing. However we were a little disappointed when we arrived last week. The Read More …

Mandy: Tuesday 21st – 28th October We woke at 5.30am to the sound of music and singing outside (morning prayers) it didn’t matter as we needed to go down for breakfast as we were leaving to catch an early flight. Read More …

Mandy: 18th – 21st October The photos in this blog have not been enhanced and are in no particular order but you will be able to tell those that were taken whilst watching the amazing Sunsets. We ordered a taxi Read More …

Mandy: 15th – 18th October Mandalay is the second largest city in Burma, and the former capital. The city is the economic and religious hub of upper Myanmar and is centred around the Royal Palace which had a large moat Read More …

Mandy: 15th October 2014 Mann’s ‘restaurant’ I use the term loosely We found a Chinese ‘bar’ called ‘Mann’ which sold beer so we went in. It had a communal lighter hanging on a dirty piece of string from the high Read More …

Mandy: 14th October 2014 I passed the time on our flight to Burma by practicing my fear of flying relaxation breathing but when I finished we still had a way to go so to distract myself I decided to count Read More …

Mandy: 11th – 13th October 2014 Our room in our first hotel was lovely. It was quite dark though as the light shade was that solid brass type (like in Egypt) with tiny holes hammered through, and there was dark Read More …

Glen: 11th October 2014 Well so far during our first week in Thailand and our stay in Bangkok we’ve been very lucky with the weather, rain wise. But on our visit to Wat Arun, the famous Buddhist temple in The Read More …

Mandy: 9th – 10th October – Bangkok Since we posted the last blog we have been visiting the many Temples (wats) and ‘must see’ tourist sites in Bangkok. Our first visit was to The Grand Palace. You will notice that Read More …

Mandy: 8th October 2014 Having landed safely we excitedly stepped out of the airport on to a train to Phaya Thai. The train track was elevated so we had a good view of the nice and not so nice houses Read More …