I recently bought a home in Thailand where I hope to spend many future winters and last week was the King of Thailand’s 86th birthday. Despite making multiple visits to Thailand in the last 9 years this was the first time I had been here on his birthday and able to watch the extraordinary scenes of affection as the Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2014
19 – Busenalp – Life on a Swiss Alp – July 27 2013
‘Do you know I won’t be here next year’ Sylvia asked, eager to make conversation as she sat down beside me on the bench outside her solitary isolated barn at Busenalp, high in the Alps of Switzerland’s magnificent Bernese Oberland. Continue reading
18 – Smoke on the Water – The Montreux Jazz Festival – July 21 2013
As I get older I find that each year there are certain events I try and get to annually and subsequently provide a framework around which I plan my year and travels. Continue reading
