May 24-25, Beijing, China I arrived back in Beijing on May 24th. This time instead of traveling with a tour group, I would either be on my own or with my friends Julia and Ludovic. They had booked a room for me at LuSong Yuan Hotel which is a charming hotel in the old hutong […]
3 days in Cambodia, May 20-22 One of the great wonders of the world is the Angkor complex built by the Khmer kings between the 9th and 12th centuries . Most famous is Angkor Wat but there are many temples and temples cities in the area which are just as amazing. The closest town is […]
Saturday, May 13, 2000 3 blissful hours in Bangkok airport. I have never been so grateful for a stopover in my life. Geographically from Vientiane to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand is
Mariam reporting on Monday May 1, 2000 (see the photos on the page “Meet Mariam and Jono”) Hi everybody Today, Monday 1 May 2000, my dad ( Abdul Aziz Al-Accad) and (husband) Jono (Jonathan Prior) and mechanic- David Ellison will have left from Tower Bridge in London on the round the world Rally. We are […]
Tuesday, May 9, Vientiane I arrived in Vientiane, the capital of Laos this afternoon and fell in love with the country immediately. As I write, I am sitting by the banks of the “mighty” Mekong River as all the guide books like to describe it. The sun is just setting throwing a shimmer over the […]
Wednesday, May 03-Sunday, May 7, Hanoi My first impression of Hanoi is of a crowded city with narrow streets and life spilling out onto the sidewalks forcing everyone to walk in the streets contributing to the chaos of the traffic. To cross the street, you boldly step into the middle of the traffic and let […]
Thursday, April 27, 2000 A 6 hour drive to Dalat 5000ft above sea-level in the mountains. For the 1st time since leaving China, I am not hot. It is blissfully cool here in the valley some 1000 metres above sea level. Dalat is the center of fruit and vegetable growing for Southern Vietnam. We also […]