Sunny Sydney Runs – Week 8 of Maratraining
Late afternoon last Friday I got some shocking news. One of my corporate colleagues rang to say she was leaving the cheesemine for good to study full-time. Her last day was Monday. I was gobsmacked and didn’t see it coming. I’m in a very small team so a loss of such an amazing team-mate was off the richter terrible news. My boss rang and asked me to pack my bags and head to the head office in Sydney for the week to...
Loy Krathong at the Bliston
Yesterday the Thai people officially officially celebrated Loy Krathong. This beautiful festival is celebrated on the full moon on the twelfth lunar month of the Thai calendar. We were fortunate to celebrate this at our hotel last Friday. The Bliston put on a Loy Krathong themed pool party for all of their guests. It ended up being one of the highlights of our trip. Loy Krathong is an ancient festival with origins deep in Thai...
One night in Bangkok or was it Abu Dhabi ?
Our first night in Bangkok was a little different to what we had expected. We landed at Suvarnabhumi Airport at around 8PM and by about 9PM we were headed out the door of our hotel ready to experience Sukhumvit Road. I still can’t believe how quickly we de-planed, cleared customs, and drove into BKK. I think the taxi driver going 120kms+ may have helped that a bit. We tried to put our seatbelts on but it was no use since the...
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