Fred’n’Sue’s Peregrinations

We are back – have you missed us – low internet speeds and other excuses!!!Today was another bus journey, but not so long as some, from the port of Kantakolo(n) to the site of the first Olympic Games in 776BCE – great guide (Babis? – crazy Greek who was very tuned in to the role…

After a flight from Hà Nội with Thuyen and Ut giving up their exit row seats for us, arrived at Sofitel to a hero’s welcome – ha ha! These guys really know how to do hospitality. During dinner we were treated to a 45 minute Apsara dance performance. The dance form is at least a…

Production of golden silk was endemic to Cambodia prior to the years of the Khmer Rouge regime (1975 – 79) is is slowly being rejuvenated after almost being wiped out in those years – a visit to the Killing Fields (one of ca. 360 such locations) and one of the most infamous of prison/interrogation locations…

The locals tell us that there are two seasons – hot and bloody hot – not sure which this is but the roads are frickin’ bumpy as I write this en route Siem Reap to Kompong Cham where we embark on Viking Saigon to navigate the Mekong River. Hats off to our bus driver. First…

UNESCO World Heritage location number ?? Another bucket list ticked off.This post will be mostly photos because the commentary from Raksa, our resident expert, was so comprehensive that I can’t remember it all and would only bore you anyway.The temple, actually a complex of temples, was constructed in the reign of King Suryavarman II (1113…

Hmm – 1 am flight this morning – off on our next adventure – Vietnam, Cambodia and then to Istanbul via Mediterranean ports and then to Nederland . . . . . Yep.- favourite airline and via favourite airport – extra legroom booked!! Starting in and finishing in . . . . Part 1: Of…

A Peugeot 5008 7 seater was booked and we were anticipating bags under feet and between us on the seats but the hire company turned up a Fiat Talento 9 seater – for those in the know we had less baggage than 5 pax in a Hyundai in South Africa. How did we get onto…

Wet and miserable in the Hague this afternoon – perfect for staying indoors and updating travel blog . . 5 October – a birthday remembered – and after cruising the evening before from Köln and morning in the Rhine Delta Viking Vali docked at Kinderdijk – another UNESCO World Heritage site/cultural landscape. The locality is…

A few weeks ago now, but a certain person has asked me to fill in some holes in the blog!! 8.30 am on board the “skinny” #1 tram direct to Delft – 40 minutes later, walking to the south east corner of the city of islands, canals and bridges – first stop (apart from numerous…

The Wachau Valley is a World Heritage listed cultural landscape featuring vineyards (first culivation 800CE), castle ruins (including that where Richard Coeur de Lion was incarcerated), towns and villages some dating to the middle ages and monasteries (who do you think grew the vines?) And we press on to the Stift Melk or Melk Abbey…