It was sticky hot, no appetite. There were curlicues everywhere, and touts. Now I have to go back but the Government says I should steer clear. Looks as though I will lose my return ticket, oh well. More photos on flickr.

Time flies when you’re getting old. I remember when 10 minutes felt like an eternity. Now two months have gone by in a flash and our new years trip to Bangkok is really a distant memory. Today I took the time to go through the hundreds of photos I took back in December. I feel as though I’m on holidays again, I finished the CELTA (and passed!) and the whole city has shut down for Tet. Strange to be reliving this Thai getaway, because I will be back there next week. So from one new years to another, some photographs.

More photos on flickr.

Back from Bangkok, behind in everything. Straight into a CELTA course. No time. Back soon.

Travelling alone may get lonely, but selfishness is a hard habit to break. When I was in Malaysia recently I felt immediately comfortable with making my own decisions regarding where to go, where, when and what to eat and when it was time to leave. But here in Bangkok I was travelling with someone who had completely different interests to me, so I just went with the flow. I travel for food, but eating is ho-hum for mum. So we compromised, we did a little site-seeing interspersed with food.

Visiting the amulet market was high on her list. So we visited and I enjoyed it too. Beautiful scenes; an intent monk squinting into a loupe examining an amulet, passers-by dropping coins into begging tins, table after table of talismans that I don’t understand.

And there was food, thai iced coffee and a boatride followed by a swim and falling asleep by the pool (only to be woken by the thump of my book hitting the deck). Hello holiday.

Hanging out in Bangkok. Tired, hot, yearning for an abundance of street food and not finding it. It is nice to be away, lounging by a pool, shopping, change of scenery.