A taxi from the airport took us to the guest house that we had arranged to stay in for the 3 months.  A simple, double room with private bathroom, hot water and air conditioning for $100 a month.  Can’t go … (read more)

I had planned to come to Cambodia about 4 years ago, in the autumn.That was prevented, in the first autumn, by a motorbike accident in which I managed to get myself a double skull fracture, a brain bleed and a … (read more)

We arrived in DMK airport at an ungodly hour,  checked in, made it onto the flight and were off again with minimal fuss. Arriving in Kuala Lumpur, I booked an airport taxi to the hotel and we sauntered out and … (read more)

It was never going to be an early start, but we upped and outed and headed down the road to see what was available, touting a rucksack full of laundry.  Turning right onto Rural Street we found a Pizza restaurant … (read more)

The flights from Hurghada through Cairo to Bangkok went amazingly smoothly.  We arrived too early at Hurghada and had to sit around for an hour and a half before we were allowed into the airport, where we sat and relaxed … (read more)

I’ve completely neglected this blog.  I think about writing something and then think, nah, nobody would be interested in that. In November we finally got together with Hend and she cooked her amazing prawns, Alexandria style.  2kg of them!  They … (read more)

It’s now two weeks since we packed up everything and moved across oceans to North Africa; more specifically, Egypt.  Even more accurately, Hurghada. We’ve been non-stop (apart from 2 days on the beach) sorting out the apartment. A new, comfortable … (read more)

Having had breakfast in the room again I headed out to the bank to get some cash to pay for the room. The bank kindly refused my card and so I traipsed back to the room and tried to do … (read more)