So as we were forced away from our amazing hotel and headed to the airport for our flight back to Bangkok, we found consolation in the fact that we had one more fun night in the capital ahead of us. Random fact: at the airports of Thailand Buddhist monks get VIP...

So the rest of our holiday in Phuket was mainly spent lounging around in the sun and eating and drinking so I won't bore you too much with the details. My mother in particular had acquired a strong affinity for the local cocktails. Apparently she was too afraid to...

So the airport experience on the way to Phuket involved extensive shopping (potentially the only activity we partook in more frequently than getting a massage and eating phad thai), which happens to be one of my mother's happiest activities. I used this opportunity of...

We would soon be on our way to Phuket, but we still had one more day in Bangkok and we decided to check out a typical Thai floating market. What could be more exciting than being yelled at in Thai by ladies wearing wide straw hats floating around in wooden canoes...

The final temple, Buddha mount, pretty much does what it says on the tin- a mountain with a lot of Buddhas on top. You have to give it to the Thais for the variety in the presentation of Buddhas at least. This one was 344 steps high and by this point I was really...

Due to our amazement and awe at Wat Pho we spent a little more time there than expected, which meant we wouldn't be competing with the king on our Wat crawl. We also got on really well with our guide and even got to know him a little and shared intimate stories. He...

Thailand is a 95% Buddhist country (4% Muslim and 1% other) and so has a helluva lot of Buddhist temples, called Wats (hence the play on words in the title of this blog; very cleveeeeeeer). Every year on a special Buddhist holiday the king of Thailand visits 16 chosen...

Next we decided to learn a little bit about Thai culture and we visited Jim Thomson's house. Jim was an American from Delaware who came over to Thailand while serving in the war and fell madly in love with it. Who cares, right? He clearly wasn't the only one. But he...

So after a tough overnight flight and almost no sleep we landed in Bangkok and headed straight for the hotel. We had gone all out for our first hotel - and luxury means luxury in Thailand, so on arrival we underwent the usual set of events which accompanies a visit to...

So last year my mum turned the big 6-0 and I turned the not so big but equally as sexy 3-0. Almost a year ago now I promised her that for a present I would take her on a holiday (lord knows she needs it). Trying to combine my work and travel schedule with hers was a...