While this entry in not strictly from China I have left it in my China travel blog as it was a mere blink of an eye that I was out of the country!! The May Day holdiays and my teaching schedule worked out rather well and gave me a 6 day holiiday. With my sister visiting Bangkok from Australia what a perfect opportunity to drop over and spend some "girlie" time catching up with her. And didn't we have a ball....... Massages - tick, manicures - tick, pedicure - ti...

After a filling breakfast I decided to forgo the planned city tour of Bangkok (how many times can I really visit the Grand Palace, Wat po etc??) and see a bit more of the day to day life around the area of our hotel so off I wandered and came across Wat after Wat.....do they have one on every street corner of Bangkok??? Wandered along one of the major klongs and stopped for a refreshing drink before heading off for a thai massage. Got back to the hotel in time t...

YEAH...........holiday underway. Ghastly 4am start in Nanjing to get out of the coiuntry amidst the chaos of Spring Festival. Flew to Bangkok via Guanzhou and the flights were only delayed by about 45 minutes which really by China standards is running on time!! Arrived in Bangkok around 3 pm only to find that no-one was there to pick me up......did not see this as a good omen for the beginning of my trip....eventually found someone to help me who then tried to s...

After a hectic time in Bangkok we were all looking forward to relaxing in Phuket. Our hotel was well situated close to the beach and the shops but our rooms left a bit to be desired. Smelly, damp, not the 5 star we paid for and the breakfast........very ordinary. BUT we will not let this get in the way of a good time. we did a bit of everything - shopping, eating, drinking, boxing, shooting, racing cars, elephant riding, buffalo riding, visited the gibbons, out ...

No sooner had we landed at our hotel and we were picked up by the dentist. Little B had everything organized so we alll headed off to have a look at the dentists.....not realising that we would all end up sitting in the dentists chair. I just went for a look and ended up with my teeth laser whitenened!!!! Surprised but really pleased with the results. All the girls had work done with Linda and Bianca having to return the next day for more!!! Went on a city tour ...