Surat Thani is the capital of the province of Surat Thani, which includes the islands of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, and Koh Tao. We usually fly out of Surat Thani airport when we leave Thailand. Because of flight times and…
Kuala Lumpur – Day 1173-1176 (Jan 12-15, 2017): Touristing in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is our go-to place for Thai tourist visas, and the hub for our favourite airline – AirAsia. Therefore, we spend a few days there quite regularly. And therefore, we have tended to take Kuala Lumpur for granted a…
The Blue Mountains and Back – Day 1165-1172 (Jan 4-11, 2017)
Having lodged our visa applications, we were free to head west to the Blue Mountains. We had arranged to stay with our friend, Joe, for a couple of nights. Joe lives in Warrimoo. It is one of the first Blue…
Sydney – Day 1152-1165 (Dec 22-Jan 4): Christmas and New Year
Back in Sydney, our first task was to familiarise ourselves with our new housemate – Alex the Trauma Cat. We would be house-sitting (and Alex-sitting) for two weeks, while her humans had a much-needed break in Japan. Alex’s favourite place…
Kuala Lumpur – Day 1129-1135 (Nov 28-Dec 4, 2017)
It is always both joyous and sad to hit the road again. We were looking forward to seeing our friends and family in Australia, but we would miss the friends and cats of Koh Phangan as well. As usual, we…
Agama Koh Phangan – Day 979-1060 (Jun 1-Aug 20, 2016): ATI, Visa Run, Dengue, ATIT
Jenny’s main focus for the month of June was the Agama Tantra Initiation. (In this post, we experiment with the subheadings that the built-in style checker in a WordPress plug-in keeps insisting we should use. Even now, it still bleats…
Delhi and Mumbai – Day 878-883 (Feb 24-28, 2016)
Mumbai was calling, so we caught the train to Delhi, and spent a night in Nizamuddin West before taking another train to Mumbai. Hazrat Nizamuddin is one of five major railway stations in Delhi, and Nizamuddin West is a well-preserved…
Chandigarh – Day 864-868 (Feb 11-14, 2016): Smelling The Roses
We took a quick trip to Chandigarh to visit a friend. Chandigarh is on the plains of Punjab, and was planned by French town planners. It has a completely different feel from a regular Indian city. The streets are wide,…
Rishikesh, India – Day 840-860 (Jan 17-Feb 6, 2016): The Monkeys of Rishikesh
Rishikesh has a LOT of monkeys. It is in the mountains, with plenty of national parks nearby. There is an endless supply of soft-hearted or soft-headed tourists, who can be cajoled or tricked into giving the monkeys food. And there…
Rishikesh – Day 839 (Jan 16, 2016): Satsang With Prem Baba, And Monkeys
The next day, we went to our first satsang with Prem Baba. It was so bitterly cold in the hall that Jenny went out to the nearest shawl vendor, and bought the warmest shawl she could with the 1400 rupees…