The Adventures of Travellin' Uncle Matt

1st June 2018 Short of anywhere else to go at the moment, bored and thoroughly pissed off by our pathetic government's feeble effor...

24th April 2018 Having made comment in a previous post on 'annoying unnecessary announcements' (August 2015), I am now finding ...

15th Feb 2018 I am now happily back home, yet again, amidst the fog, rain, ice, wind and general gloom which so characterises our d...

11th - 16th Jan 2018 Trip up the Ping. I took a short boat trip up the river Ping which runs through the centre of the city. There ...

8th - 11th Jan 2018 Thai kick-boxing I met up with friends who live in Chiang Mai. Their whole extended family (19 of) were visiting ...

3rd - 7th Jan 2018 Elephant crossing. Off today on a day tour in the foothills north of the city. I joined a minibus containing a ...