Airports closed

In their final battle to overthrow the Thai goverment thousands of anti-goverment (PAD)last Monday and Tuesday stormed into the domestic airport Don Mueng and the International airport forcing the two airports to close leaving many passengers stranded there;many tourists now unable to get home after their holidays.
Do the PAD supporters represent the majority of the Thai people?
Whatever happens in the next few weeks Thailand's image has been badly damaged with the tourist industry likely to lay off at least a million employees.

Day Trip to Hua Hin

The day trip to Hua Hin would have gone much smoother if we had gone by train but I didn't really fancy getting early for the first early morning train.Instead the buses ,every 30 minutes and the journey taking 3 hours seemed a good idea.However,I didn't reckon on the taxi driver taking us to the wrong airport and then having to take a second taxi.In addition to this the bus after a three and an half plodding journey the bus didn't stop at the so called bus station but instead continued out of town to the next town.At the bus station in Bangkok the destination sign only read Hua Hin!;If I'd only realised!.....

Samui

Samui nice relaxing time swimming in the sea and the swimming pool.Nice,quiet,peaceful atmosphere.

Laos:Ventianne,Vang Viang and Luang Prabang

Recently my mum and I went to Laos for a week visting the city Ventianne,the town Vang Viang,and the city Luang Prabang.
The highlight of Ventianne was the Buddah Park,though the stautes in the Buddah Park in Nong Khai were in a much better state in Ventianne the statues had been mostly blackened by dark green mould and the rain.Mum enjoyed Luang Prabang best of all especially the morning market next to the Ramayana Hotel,hwhere the local people were selling a wide range of dead animas from dead frogs,a blackbird, to weasels. The night market was very colourful often selling very similiar items to Thailand.
My mum also enjoyed chatting to the other holiday makers and the local people that we met in the different places we stayed at and visited.

http://bikecommutetips.blogspot.com/2008/07/paris-vlib-celebrates-first-anniversary.html

http://bikecommutetips.blogspot.com/2008/07/paris-vlib-celebrates-first-anniversary.html

Green Bangkok Bike

I tried out the Green Bangkok Bike ride circuit.First of all a photo of my passport was taken.
Apparently there's green cycle lane to follow but the green lane isn't always clearly laid out or not.
I got a bit lost on the way to the Swing monument.
Before hand I'd stopped at a Chinese Phamarcy for a breather;luckily the people working there gave me a cool refreshing glass of water.
Between the Democracy monument the cycle lane was on the pavement!but the Thai people aren't really aware of the cycle lane and of course it was blocked;not really a good place for a cycle lane!
Cars double parked on the way back even though there was a No Parking sign made it diificult to stay on the cycle lane.
Interesting bike ride but it would have been more enjoyable without the traffic jams,exhaust fumes from the Tuk Tuks and the old run down buses so sometimes it was better to cycle on the pavement.
It was better on the few stretches of green marked cycle lanes when there was a very lttle traffic.Still it was good to explore by an environmentally friendly means of transport but I could obviously do without Bangkok's pollution!

Green Bangkok Bike