April 7 Today we fly out to Chiang Mai, but not until the afternoon so we have some time to kill. I thought the wet market was worth showing to my sister so we made the Khlong Toey (Wet) Market our destination for the morning pre flight escapade. I already wrote about this market last […]
Read More →April 6 Bangkok Final Day Note: Some of the pictures appear upside down on the previews. They appear upright on the admin page and even when you click on them, but for some reason upside down during the preview. Not sure what is going on, sorry about that. I finally brought out the better camera […]
Read More →April 5 Note: The MBK event actually happened this day. For some reason I had the story in the yesterday’s post. Today I slept in until 5am at least. Its gonna take a while to shake off this jet lag. My hosts were told of a good restaurant for brunch nearby, called The Emporium if […]
Read More →April 4 Bangkok Two Comments: 1. I am trying a new setup/plug-in for the images. Hopefully this makes it easier to view the images (you can click on an image and scroll through, click on the info icon for a brief description of each image). If you guys can, let me know if you […]
Read More →April 3 First off, you’re going to be disappointed picturewise. There is only one picture and it’s of a coke can. Hey, I was flying for 12 hours! My flight leaves at 2pm today so I have plenty of time to get to the airport. The hostel had a “free food” box so I eat […]
Read More →April 2 Today is the day I part ways with the campervan. It has treated me well. I spent the night about an hour away from Auckland and took my time cleaning up the van and finding a hostel in the city this morning. Oh, I also found a plug in heater deep inside the […]
Read More →Apr 1 April Fools Day. It looks like it’s a thing out here too. Luckily no one pulled any fast ones on me. I wake up to 14 days of clothes hanging all over the campervan. Half of the items are still wet. There is a clothes line nearby so I bring my clothes over […]
Read More →Mar 31 The ferry leaves the dock at 2:00 pm and I was told the drive there is about 1.5 hours. There is a viewpoint up the hill next to Nelson that gives you a nice view from above of the city and the bay; the “Center of New Zealand” hike. I check out, throw […]
Read More →Mar 30 It was raining again; at least it won’t be much of a bother today. I woke up a bit later than I hoped for, cleaned up, and drove like it was my job. Well, except for the two or three times I stopped for a couple of pictures and some sightseeing. I reserved […]
Read More →Mar 29 The weather was overcast again today and a bit chilly. It’s becoming a trend. My legs aren’t as bad as I expected which is a good thing; there is another long day of hiking planned for today. CG was planning to join me for this day as well, Mt. Cook and Tekapo, […]
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