Couple of things to begin with. In Bangkok in the Landmark Hotel there is a Bank. I think it is called TMB or something like that for The Military Bank. I cannot remember exactly what it is and what it …
I am staying about 100m from Padington Station. This is the railway station that Padington the Bear was named after. So of course the doctor below is called ‘Milne House Medical Centre’, named after A.A. Milne who wrote the story. …
I am running a bit late. Given what I have done in the last few days I have an excuse. Firstly on tuesday I did a bit of work, dealing with a client in Fiji. So easy to do when …
Very Quick Post…. 1. Calls from Thailand mobiles to Australian Mobiles in Thailand do not work well at all… 2. I love Qantas Club. It is the only way to fly. Allowed me to have a shower at the airport. …
More on the Thailand Burma Railway. I caught a train which lasted about 90 minutes for a ride. I opted to go to the foreign tourist first class carriage for only another B150, or A$6. This turned out to be …
Right now I am in Thailand on my way to Arizona. Yeah, I know. I am sort of taking the long way to get there. Still, it is a nice way to break up the trip. Yesterday for something different …
Today I did a tour of the Allied War Graves in Kanchanaburi in Thailand and saw the Bridge on the River Kwai. There is so much to say, so I had better start at the beginning. I was picked up …
That will teach me not to turn my phone off at night. Just before 8am Sydney time I had a phone call from Australia. This would have been fine except it was just before 5am local time. Too darn early …
Stupid security on the flight to Bangkok. When we were coming in to land it was announced that those who were staying on the flight could leave their bags on the plane during the stopover, but that the flight would …
I have just got back from what I can only describe as a most interesting day. Please let me explain. What I attempted to do today was visit the ‘National Science Museum’, followed by the Grand Pallace and then Jim …
Ok, Then I found the Pantip Plaza which is a huge IT mall. Frankly this was a real dissapointment. The software for sale was boring (Apart from Windows 2006 which I would love to get my hands on). The music …
At each stage here I have got tons of information from the places I have booked with. I got a package from the company doing the transfers. Another from the hotel. And another from the transfer company at the hotel. …
Quick Post… I recently got a larger memory card for my Digital Camera. When I started using it all my filenames were duplicated with photos I already have. So what is the solution. Well, I took a hint from This …
Right now it is 4:44 Local time, and 7:44 Sydney time. I could not sleep so I came to check my email. I have a wired internet connection in my room. They originally were going to put me into a …