It’s not difficult to see why Bali is a very popular tourist destination: the landscapes are often very beautiful with rice fields and terraces everywhere, traditional Balinese compounds and temples lining the streets, and beaches that stretch endlessly along the coastline. It also feels like… Read More
For the last 10 days of our trip we went to Bali for some longed-for R&R. July is the start of peak tourist season in Bali, so we had been careful to book our accommodation well ahead of time (January, in fact). I’ll write more… Read More
After two nights in our birthday hotel in Bangkok, we relocated to the impressive “White Palace Hotel” in the heart of Bangkok’s shopping district. During our travels we had assiduously avoided purchasing anything that wasn’t absolutely essential, saving ourselves (and the little room in our… Read More
When I was in Pai, I purchased a second-hand novel, Kate Atkinson’s “Behind the Scenes at the Museum”. I had been keeping an eye out for books by Kate Atkinson, and when I spied this one on the shelf, I quickly pulled it down and… Read More
Chez Moi 