After a fairly long bus journey south to Franz Josef township, home of the Franz Josef glacier, we dump our bags at the slightly grubby Chateaux Franz hostel. Since the glacier itself is about an hour walk out from the small township, our Magic bus driver takes a group of us in the coach [...]
Antarctica seems but a dream. While some were having a hard time adjusting to civilization, I can’t actually believe I stood at the South Pole. In contrast to our military flight in, which only had two small windows, we flew out on an Airbus and I made sure to get a window seat. It [...]
Central Park
Lincoln Center
The last time Somchai visited New York, he was terrified of its criminal reputation. As far as I can tell, he took a Circle Line boat tour of the city, then a bus tour of the city, then left, so I don’t think his feet ever touched the ground. He was [...]
our Soho apartment
our Soho apartment
Our loft was a work in progress. The building is about 175 years old, and used to be a department store, a warehouse and many other things besides. Its most recent reincarnation was as a tobacco warehouse, which tarred the floors dark brown. Like all the Soho buildings, they were converted [...]
Soho
Here are a couple of photos of SoHo, which is my favorite part of New York. I could walk to my office downtown in about 30 minutes, and the place really feels apart from NY. (My apartment is in the building with the big Perry Art Gallery flag hanging from it). Its architecture is [...]
New York
I think most of the allure of New York to foreigners is Hollywood-related. It’s a really stimulating city to live in, but I always wonder what sights there are to keep the tourist hordes busy. As you can see, Somchai’s first picture request was with an NYPD car, which are world famous because of [...]
We are taking it in turns to write the blog, I wonder if you can guess who writes which bit?? No prizes for guessing though! (By the way, we are not suddenly in Austria, there is something wrong on this website!)
Bill had warned us that the drive from Hervey Bay to Rockhampton was tedious [...]
So I finished my CELTA course last Friday. It was a relief to finally be done but now I need to look for a job. I HATE applying for jobs. Its so uncertain. Sending out tons of resumes, doing interviews and never knowing where is the best fit for me. The worst part of it [...]
Ayuthaya temples
Ayuthaya temples
Just some more photos of the remains of Ayuthaya. I’m deleting the rest of the post because it was mostly about technical problems on the old site. In its place I’ll tell you one odd thing about this new blog. I have to identify where I’m talking about for each [...]
Ayuthaya temples
Ayuthaya temples
The bus then takes a short trip to the main attraction, Ayudhaya. In its heyday, it was one of the richest cities in the world, and much marveled over by European visitors. After its destruction, however, what little remained was left in ruins, and the place quickly became overrun by the jungle. Now [...]