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27 April 2025

We left the Möwenpick Resort and made our way to the next stop on our agenda, Đà Lạt, up in the mountains. I gather it was where the French colonialists escaped the summer heat in Saigon.

We left Ho Chi Minh City about 9.30 and took a taxi to Phan Thiet, about three hours up the coast. This was perhaps the most exciting part of the adventure as we were going to meet up with Adam, Ava and the girls. The exciting part was that the girls did not know we were coming.

13 April 2025

We were up bright and early for our journey by taxi from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City, a journey of just over six hours including the obligatory border crossing. The driver who took us from Phnom Penh to the border at Moc Bai was excellent – very calm and cautious and steady.

6 April 2025

Sadly, it was time to leave Siem Reap and make our way to Phnom Penh. Our taxi driver on this journey was Mr Thearak, a very knowledgeable and interesting guide with immaculate English. We did manage to teach him one new English word – Outgoing – when describing how we were looking forward to meeting up with Jessie who is, undoubtedly, very outgoing!

30 March 2025

At Adam’s suggestion, we travelled by taxi from Bangkok to Siem Reap, a six-and-a-half-hour journey through gorgeous countryside. One can fly, of course, but when one considers getting to the airport early, going through security, going through customs and immigration at the other end, there’s probably not a lot in it. Certainly, I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to visit one of the finest examples of a Lav with a View.

23 March 2025

And, we’re back. Sort of. At least we had the good fortune to arrive back in the UK on Wednesday – I cannot imagine what we would have felt like if we had been due to arrive back in the UK on Friday. The Friday flight we were on from Doha to Heathrow was diverted to France – we might still be there!

16 February 2025

Short and sweet this morning – we’re off on Tuesday morning for our excursion to SE Asia and there are still seventy-four thousand things to do before then! Just to maintain some semblance of order, however, you will be delighted to know that the weather has continued to be mainly dull and damp although Friday, I have to admit, was a pretty decent day with this occasional strange orange glow as the sun peeked through the cloud cover.

9 February 2025

We’ve had decentish weather this week – a cold snap at the end of the week but nice and sunny (when it’s sunny) and overcast, wet and grey when it’s not.

2 February 2025

Great weather. One day this week. One bright, sunny, cloudless day. Before and after, it’s been dull, damp, dreary, drizzle and muddy! Still, it’s been a half-decent week – we’ve had a couple of visitations from good friends and we hosted a splendid Not a Pub Night with a bunch of our lovely neighbours.

26 January 2024

It’s been a pretty decent week, all things considered. The weather has been the usual disappointing mixture of wet and muddy, made considerably more exciting by the arrival on Friday of Storm Éowyn which has been blowing the bejeesus out of the UK and Ireland. But, other than that, we’ve had a couple of outings as well as enjoying the Great Escape by our canine companion.

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