The Grand Palace is one of the most beautiful samples of an ancient Siamese court and It used to be the residence of the Kings of Thailand. Here you will see palaces which were used for different occasions: the Funeral Palace, the Reception Palace, the Throne Hall, the Coronation Hall, the Royal Guest House, and the beautiful Emerald Buddha Temple.…
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STOPOVER; HONG KONG AND VICTORIA PEAK VIEW
We had a stopover in Hong Kong for a couple of nights before our month in Australia. The normal flight to Australia is about 22 hours, so I like to split the journey time up. I will always try and have a stopover ideally both ways. We left the UK in late January not realising that it would be just as…
When we booked our trip in 2014, and were given a free stop over in Kuala Lumpur. I knew that we were going to visit the Petronas Towers. I didn't know much about them, but booked our tickets anyway. [put_wpgm id=11] We walked from our hotel the Melia at Bukit Bintang to the shopping mall Pavilion at Jalan Bukit Bintang.…
THAILAND, PHUKET, TIGER KINGDOM
Tiger Kingdom was a revelation. We saw these leaflets after we landed in Phuket and me loving all cats was going to see them. When would you ever see them in the flesh ? The idea is you pick what size of tigers to visit and then go in their enclosure and play and touch them, without chains. Each size of tigers…
For our week in Phuket, we were after rest and relaxation. But we were also interested in seeing some of the surrounding islands. On the list was Phi Phi and the James Bond one know locally as Ao Phang Nga National Park. Our first trip was to Phi Phi Islands, and if I had known that it would take an…
THAILAND, PHUKET, HOTEL CAPE PANWA
Hotel Cape Panwa in Phutket is located at the bottom of the island. And promotes, as an ideal location for rest and relaxation. This was what we both after and got. We booked into a superior room for 10 nights. We arrived quite late, so we just wanted to sleep when we arrived. The next morning, taking in our surroundings,…