Moving on from Latali and Nino’s generous hospitality was difficult as she had spent so much time making us welcome and explaining her ideas about ways in which the Svan traditions could be passed on to future generations and be understood by the other regions of Georgia, too. Nor would she accept payment for anythingContinue reading “‘Free’ Svaneti”
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Another overnight trip: we’re off to Chiang Rai
A couple of days back in Lampang doing some very enjoyable catching-up and making new discoveries and we were off in the trusty Vios I had hired again, heading north east to Chiang Rai. Chiang Rai Province borders the Mekong and it’s a short longtail ferry ride across the river to Laos. There is alsoContinue reading “Another overnight trip: we’re off to Chiang Rai”
Sukhothai: an overnight trip from Lampang
Lampang is a railway town in northern Thailand. It was where I first discovered Thai culture and was welcomed into a family home in 1997. Here I met the boy who was to make me understand Thai and who would become the bridegroom in that very modern Thai wedding I attended in Nakhon Si ThammaratContinue reading “Sukhothai: an overnight trip from Lampang”
A Very Modern Thai Wedding
And so the day dawned when we would attend the wedding. The celebration was not until 6p.m. so we had all day to prepare – or be lazy! Or both!! We had found a hairdresser the day before and I confess I had expected a simple wash and blow-dry when we arrived at the salonContinue reading “A Very Modern Thai Wedding”
A Southern interlude
Within 48 hrs of arriving in Chiangmai, I was at the airport again, this time flying. To Nakhon Si Thammarat for the wedding that brought about this whole visit. The bridegroom’s mother, her sister and niece met me at the airport and her brother and two nephews will meet us in the south having drivenContinue reading “A Southern interlude”
Walking the Old City
One of the things I love about the Old City of Jerusalem is its size: it’s easy to get everywhere and the longer you walk the more shortcuts you find. Apparently Thursday and Monday are the busiest days at the Western Wall as they are the favoured Bar Mitzvah days – that very important ceremonyContinue reading “Walking the Old City”
Onwards from Ngorongoro
Having climbed the side of the Crater in our trusty Land Cruiser, we paddled to the tent allocated to us in Pukelala. The staff were lovely and the view would have been incredible had it not been for the incessant rain. As it was, we could see how amazing it would have been. Through theContinue reading “Onwards from Ngorongoro”
Living the Journey 