Absence

So, this is my first update in what feels like years. The lack of writing has been caused to a number of factors. I’ll try to cover as many of them as I can, and can remember now. One of the main reasons for me to start writing this blog was to have a detailed…

Chief of Police

Today I completed one of those manly life goals that I like to call a man-bition. Today I became the owner of a pick-up truck. It's big, it's blue, it has four doors and a big diesel engine. For those of you who are judging me and thinking 'what do you need a big blue…

Cleaning a Tuk-Tuk

We've had another busy week. Both Mos and I have both had a birthday, we've been to the cinema, twice. And, we bought a latex plantation. After a quite and relaxed day at home, apart from a trip to the cinema, for my birthday, we started to get our stuff together to head back to…

Latex Plantation

This week we've been over in north-east Thailand. Bueng Kan to be specific. As you may have noted previously, this is where my wires family live. Mother, step-father and step-brother. But as she has grown up with her step-father from such a young age, we call him dad. On our previous visit to Bueng Kan…

Khao San, our new dog

At one of the supermarkets Mos and I regularly use, Little C, as we like to call it. It's a BigC, but there is a bigger one further up the road. Anyway, unlike supermarkets in the UK the supermarkets here are normally all raised up, with a mixture of parking, stalls and shops under them. One…

LCCT – Low Cost Carrier Terminal

Once you find out what LCCT stands for (Low Cost Carrier Terminal) it makes you consider paying that £50 more to fly into a different terminal. The LCCT is a terminal of Kuala Lumpur (KUL) airport. It is the international home of AirAsia. Much like Heathrow Terminal 5 is home to British Airways. And like…

Kuala Lumpur MKII

The time has come. My 90-day Non-Immigrant 'B' visa is about to expire. A visa that could be renewed for a further nine months with the addition of a work permit. Sadly, in my role, I technically work on a project by project basis. The work permits that I get issued from the Film Authority…

Archery

Mos and I have been looking for a hobby to get us out of the house and to give us something to do together. And there is a lot to chose from around here. Volunteering is also something we'd like to look into at a later date. After looking around at a few different options…

Sleeping on a Helipad

Mos' friend, Macky, who is a nurse in Bangkok, told us that she was planning on visiting Chiang Mai for a short break. She had just left her job, and had a gap before her new job started. I'd never met Macky before, aside from a few short messages on Facebook. Mos had met her…

Huay Tung Tao Lake

We've now met all of our neighbours, bar one, but they never seem to come outside. Our immediate neighbours are a mother (Inn) and daughter (Daisy, 1) decided to head out to Chiang Mai 'beach'. Those of you that have been to Chiang Mai, or know that it's located in Northern Thailand right up in the mountains…