Galleries

A list of our galleries in reverse order.

Click on a gallery to see more, large, pictures

Jomtien – January 2026

Rayong – January 2026

Hoi An – December 2025

Da Nang – December 2025

Phnom Penh – December 2025

Angkor temple park – December 2025

Siem Reap – December 2025

Ninh Binh (Tam Coc) – December 2025

Hanoi – December 2025

Bangkok & Ayutthaya – November 2025

United Kingdom – November 2025

Hua Hin, Thailand – November 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

Taiwan – November 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

Shanghai – October 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

Terracotta Warriors – October 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

X’an – October 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

Great Wall of China – October 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

Beijing – October 2025 (Updated 6/12/25)

Macau – October 2025 (Updated 16/11/25)

Hong Kong – October 2025

Khao Lak – December 2024

Bali – May 2024

Japan – October 2023

« back to album

Japan - General

Is there nothing more quintessential than eating Peking Duck in Beijing, or more precisely (but outdated) eating Peking Duck in Peking? (If you’re wondering, Peking was the capital of China until the capital was renamed in 1954, with mainstream Western media fully adopting the new name in the 1990’s.) This dish is synonymous with the...

There are 3 ways to get to Macau from Hong Kong We went for the TurboJet ferry which provided a very comfortable smooth ride. In fact I could have left the Kwells travel tablets behind but past life experiences have taught me that I don’t have the best sea legs on the smoothest of oceans!...

Aytthaya once served as the thriving capital of the Kingdom of Siam, from 1350 until it was razed to the ground by the Burmese in 1767. The park has majestic ruins of temples, palaces, and statues and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site (https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/576/) We had an early start today to jump on the...

The Palace Museum was fun to get to as it was quite a way away from where we were staying. We started off by taking the subway from Taipei Main Station once we’d found the right line. (Taipei Main Station was so difficult to navigate I’ve written its own post!!) From there we exited the...

Not looking for sympathy here (well, not much anyway😆) but more to share how impressive the healthcare experience was here. Due to the respiratory virus and all the flights so far, my right ear was in need of some medical intervention. A quick search around online led to Bangkok Hospital (actually in Hua Hin so...

Maybe this is the reason we came to China in he first place, I think it was actually … Not only are we big kids at heart, but we first visited Disney in Orlando back in 1997 not that long after we were married. Since then alone, and with the kids, we had been lucky...