Category Archives: Odyssey #1 2012: Australia Europe

DAY 5     SATURDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER 2012 Old Istanbul  This visit to Istanbul is my fifth and Bev’s fourth so we have visited most of the iconic attractions like the Blue Mosque, Topkapi, the Grand Bazaar and the Galata Tower but … Continue reading →

DAY 4 FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER 2012  Rainy morning in Istanbul.  Even though it was raining we took to the streets and walked down to the area of Besitkas on the edge of the Bosphorus. On the way down the hill … Continue reading →

DAY 3    THURSDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER 2012 Industrial Museum    Galata         Pera  Today Ferruh took us to the Rahmi M. Koc Museum.   The museum is devoted to the history of transportation, industry and communication and from my understanding it is privately owned … Continue reading →

DAY 1     TUESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER 2012. ZURICH AND ISTANBUL The flight from Bangkok to Istanbul was via Zurich, Switzerland. We arrived Zurich around 6-00 am and had two hours to wait before another Swissair flight and fortunately, this time, the … Continue reading →

DAY 8  MONDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2012  NAKHON PATHOM TO ISTANBUL (Night of 17th and early Tuesday 18th in the air)  This morning early we went for a walk along the klong adjacent to Sirilug’s house and because there was big … Continue reading →

DAY 7  SUNDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER  2012 Our hosts took us to the Grand Palace and the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in Bangkok today.  Sirilug and Seng commute to Bangkok like residents from the outer suburbs of Sydney would commute … Continue reading →

DAY 6  SATURDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2012 EARLY MORNING Next to Sirilug’s house there is a canal (klong) and along the bank are heavy-duty exercise machines for adults and children. Bev decided to get herself into condition. Klongs in Thailand are … Continue reading →

DAY 5   FRIDAY    14TH SEPTEMBER  2012. KANCHANABURI This morning we hired a tuk tuk and driver for a trip into the countryside.  I needed to get wind on my face. Instructions to the driver were that we didn’t want to … Continue reading →

WEDNESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER 2012 NAKHON PATHOM to DUENSHINE RESORT KANCHANABURI Duenshine Resort is near the bridge over the River Kwai and Sirilug, knowing the military history of the area and how closely it is linked to Australia, insisted we visit … Continue reading →

MONDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER 2012 PERTH to BANGKOK Easy start today. The best thing about the day was we didn’t wake up with Laurence and Nadine’s wog.  It would have been a nightmare travelling today with the flu coming on. Everything … Continue reading →