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Tim Gaunt

Elephant Trekking

One thing Stacey and I both agreed when booking the holiday was the fact that we wanted to go elephant trekking -it’s a must when going to Thailand imho and to my surprise Stacey agreed. We rolled up to the elephant place1 and I was a little dubious about

Bridge over the river Kwai

I have to confess that I’ve not knowingly watched the film, I knew a little about the history behind the bridge but beyond the fact that the Yanks tried to blow it up a fair few times I didn’t know a great more. I’m glad we went

Damnoensaduak Floating Market

On the way to the market we stopped off at a demonstration of how coconut sugar is made –I have to admit I never knew there was such a thing! It turns out they use the coconut for all sorts of uses -not only as a tasty drink but paper,

Rose Garden Thai Village and Culture Show

I for one was (oddly) looking forward to seeing the Rose Garden as some of the plants and flowers we’d encountered so far on our trip were really beautiful. I can’t say I’m one for flowers generally but the colours were just so vibrant. When we got

Phra Pathom Chedi

On the way to see Phra Pathom Chedi we stopped off in a local craft centre where they carve all sorts of interesting items out of Teak1, some of the items take months to do but look amazing when they’re done. I would have loved to buy one of

First Impressions

Awesome. That’s the first and pretty much the only word that really describes Thailand. Interestingly it’s also a word that I’m using a lot at the moment –the last time was after driving the RX-8. It’s (obviously) very different from England, we’ve not really seen

Here we go...

I expect this will be the last entry before we go, its most exciting to think that in 24hours we'll be half way around the world! I would have thought I would be more nervous, not about flying for 11hours, going to a fairly undeveloped/deprived area or

The scourge of Google and public facing blogs

I had a meeting with a lovely new client today and part way through the conversation they mentioned that the had been looking for my mobile number online, when typing my name into Google though you’re faced with an abundance of the messages that I leave on mailing lists

The Art of complaining

I don’t know about you, but personally I’m not good at complaining, I don’t like complaining and I don’t do it very often –except for when I feel it’s really justified. This past weekend however gave me cause to readjust my thinking. What happened this

Stopping Outlook Blocking Attachments

I know this is covered all over the web but I'm forever forgetting it so if Outlook has started blocking email attachments i.e. ASP files you can easily adjust this by adding