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New Delhi Tour

Most of the party from London did not arrive till midday. However the smog and air purity – worse than Oxford Street – made our own tour in the morning uninviting so we waited for the afternoon one organised for the group. We saw some old faces from the Cape Town tour at the midday [...]

December 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Another day goes by

Yesterday I spent a good deal of my waking hours ruminating upon the passage of time and the way the world was going – as one tends to occasionally when one has reached the advanced age that I have and life increasingly seems to be hurtling onwards in an increasingly frenzied and bewildering [...]

December 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

Passage to India (2)

Looking back and over my life I have when forced into them made a series of successful judgements but equally have had a plotted course blown off track by what Harold MacMillan called “Events,dear boy, events” or as John Lennon observed “Life is what happens between events”. [...]

December 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/The Boathouse and Bann Rim Pa

My readers know that I am always suspicious of restaurants with panoramic views. Both these restaurants have and both I will praise and as much for the quality of their food as views. The Boathouse is situauted on Kata beach on the west of Phuket where all the best beaches are. Kata itself seemed a [...]

November 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

I did okay, but not as well as I thought I would

Hello, it’s me again. I’m reporting in with progress post my hip replacement operation which took place in July – something I haven’t done in a while. In advance of undergoing the knife I had received medical opinion from all quarters that I should put off having a replacement for as long [...]

November 29, 2016 // 0 Comments

Thailand tracked

It’s now a week since I set off and I feel in a better position to share impressions of Thailand. One must always be mindful that as a tourist you have only a limited perception of a place as you are constrained by the location, people you meet and time you spend. It’s certainly an [...]

November 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colhard/the Blue Elephant Phuket

I have mixed feelings about Thai cuisine. On one hand it can be beautifully presented, on the other limited and too spicy. The chili pepper can nuke the taste buds. Now it has devolved into pubs but at the highest level it’s called Royal Thai as a princess crested a recipe book of 200 dishes. [...]

November 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

Thai Tourism

I am doing some consultancy work for the Thai tourist board and tied my visit with that of Bob who is staying  off Phuket and Grania and Polly who are further down the coast at a elite training camp for athletes. Bob kindly invited us all to spend the day with him. His resort is typical of many [...]

November 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

A meeting at the coast

For a variety of reasons which need not concern us here my November has been unusually hectic. As a break from everything else that is going on, yesterday I drove to the coast for a family meeting coinciding with the arrival of my father’s new live-in carer – in actual fact, one specifically [...]

November 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

Thailand

In my travels I have tended over the years to focus on Europe and North America with little experience of the Far East. So I have put this right with a trip starting in a resort in Thailand at Phuket. It involved a long flight and I had been recommended Emirates as a carrier. I did find their [...]

November 24, 2016 // 0 Comments

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