THE BEST THINGS ABOUT THAILAND PART 1 This was going to be a list of the top ten best things but it keeps growing and growing. 1. Chickens in trees - I still cannot believe that chickens can climb trees 2. Candy cheese - It is like cheese but is also like sweets. It is like combining two great things in one. Why has no one ever thought of this before? 3. Weeing in swimming pools - This isn’t unique to Thailand but it is far more common to get drunk in a swi...

Dear Matt, Paul and Barbara Thank you very much for your very kind wedding presents. I know we were meant to spend some of the money on a romantic sunset boat cruise in Portugal but unfortunately we didn’t get round to it so chose instead to spend it on a yoga retreat in Chiang Mai. It is quite beautiful here. It is very relaxed and chilled out. It is all set in a little woodland in the hills surrounding Chiang Mai. They grow lots of vegetables here and have ...

THE BRAVE HONEYMOONERS AND THE QUEST TO SAVE MONEY Once upon a time there was two honeymooners who went away on their honeymoon for 7 months. The two honeymooners carefully planned and budgeted their trip for ages so they would not spend too little, not spend too much but spend just the right amount (just like the three little bears). Unfortunately, neither of the two honeymooners were very good at sticking to their budget. They would prefer to go to very expen...

Dear Cara, Shaun, Holly and Ava Thank you very much for buying us tickets to the Half Moon Party on Koh Phanan. We're really glad you did because otherwise we would not have gone. You know one of those nights when you're just not up for going out? Well it was one of those nights - we'd had a few chilled out days in our lovely, but very remote, beach huts where we had not really spoken to anyone apart from the owner (who means well but can't understand anything w...

Dear Aaron Thank you for very generously buying us Diarrhea tablets. It was very kind of you. So far, based on the old adage that it is better out than in, we have refrained from using them but it is comforting to know that they are there in case we need to go on a long journey or are generally out of range of a toilet for more than several minutes. Donna has so far been able to avoid an upset stomach due to being careful. I on the other hand have been secretly...