So my final post for this trip basically because the last one was so negative. So after I wrote it, I went to gardens by the bay, which is a botanical garden with giant sculptured trees that act as vertical…
Sentosa = Hell
So last night i went for a wander around Clarke Quay, basically cause I got lost and headed in the wrong direction. A few streets later i realised i didn’t recognise where i was so went the opposite way and…
Musings of mine
Today was a travel day to Singapore. Originally I was going to spend a week in Thailand but decided I could not do justice to Thailand in a week and had no inkling of spending some quality alone time in…
Khlongs
I thought I should checkout the khlongs or canals of Bangkok. You only live once and I saw the long boats wizz past Jim Thompson’s house yesterday. Basically once you find the wharf you wait for the long boat to…
Where is Jim?
So today has been declared a temple and buddhist free day to relax a little and do something different. I read something about Jim Thompson’s house. I have never heard of him so thought I’d go see what its all…
Wat?
aaah hot and humid Bangkok. I had such a good nights sleep I slept in quite late. After 9am which is good given I was awake around 6am every day in Bhutan. I’d done little research into what to see…
Bye Bhutan
Today was a weird day of sorts. Most things in Bhutan take some time to do, so having a half day at shortish notice made it more difficult to do anything much. We were due to fly out at 10:35am…
Haa Ha
After the adventures of climbing to the Tigers Nest Monastery, today was set to be a little easier on the feet. We drove up out of Paro and headed to the Chele La pass (actually La is pass in Dzongka…
Journey of a thousand steps
Today was both a difficult day physically and mentally but also highly rewarding. We walked up to the famous Taktsang Monastery aka Tigers Nest Monastery. It sits around 1000m above the valley floor and is at an altitude of around…
Back to Paro
Today we drove all the way back to Paro where we actually landed last Sunday. Back over the Dochu La pass, still shrouded in mist with no view, past Thimphu with a view to the golden Buddha an on past…