Monthly Archives: April 2017

Pakse…Thakhek…Vientiane

These two days were mainly driving through Laos along the Mekong River with no specific planned stops. However the local villages we passed through were wonderful. As Laos’s celebrating their new year with New years day being Friday, most were

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North into Laos

After enjoying a simple breakfast we needed to make the journey back to our cars. We had a very enjoyable tuk-tuk and motor cycle ride past simple farming villages, across the sand to the boat pontoon. It was interesting to see the fishing

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Onward to the Mekong

  Another morning with the dawn sun on temples. Today we drove “Vulcan” out to the Banyon Temple in the greater Angkor complex and took some pictures of the MG in front of the Temple. A beautiful start to the

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Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Today we headed off before light to view Angkor Wat at sunrise. It was an amazing structure with the sun rising just behind it and reflected in the pond in front. The hotel had supplied us with tiffins…containers with breakfast

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Henk and Maja's Eurasia Trip
Peter and Paula Return - Another Silk Road Shared

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Wine and more architecture

Wine and More Wine – OleBilbao OLD and NEW Monday dawned sunny and warm and we headed down to the Guggenheim Museum, even though it is closed we wanted to relish the slick titanium skin, contrasted against the smooth pale limestone blocks. Everything glistened in the bright morning sun, reflections of the curved surfaces bounced off the water surrounding the metal walls and the metallic sculptures in the forecourts around the Guggenheim. Did you know that every surface in the building is curved and there are no straight lines thus emphasising the organic flowing lines of this magnificent Frank Gehry masterpiece Tomorrow we’ll visit this amazing museum along with our Silk Road companions Pat and David who we are travelling with around Spain and Portugal in our trusty MGs. Hop on and off buses have always been a favourite and quick way of acquainting ourselves with a city. We cruised around the narrow streets enjoying the views from the top deck. We were diverted by police a few times into the back streets because of a rally of thousands of people marching along the main thoroughfare of the city. Red, white and Green flags and banners waving, fire crackers exploding, releasing clouds of smoke. How We hopped off a The Mercado de la Ribera one of the largest fresh food markets in Europe and we arrived just in time for some Pintxos which we enjoyed with a beer and Sangria. So many delicious sweet and savoury munchies to choose from – what a treat!

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