Although Doryssa Seaside Resort’s main building and its rooms may need tender loving care (such as my room 277) the buffet breakfast retains its lustre. My favourite this time were two large bowls, one filled with segments of orange the other with grapefruit. In season and absolutely stellar! There are local pastries both sweet andContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version: 14September2026: Pythagorio, Samos: Difficulty Parking and the Motorcycle Accident”
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2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE : Short Attention Span Version
12September2026: Thessaloniki, Greece: Nothing better (not really) than a good sleep and a great breakfast Slept seven and a half hours and woke up a tad groggy. Jet lag causes physical fatigue but it also befuddles the mind making simple decisions a bit more complicated than they deserve to be. A pleasant morning brought cloudsContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE : Short Attention Span Version”
2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:11September 2026: Are the clouds behind me now and can I look to bright sunshiny days ahead?: Finally in Thessaloniki!
11September 2026: Are the clouds behind me now and can I look to bright sunshiny days ahead: Finally in Thessaloniki! Was it a two hour or 4 hour “sleep” at Sofitel Athens Airport Hotel. Having finally crawled into bed at 01:00 and setting the alarm for 04:00 it was 3 hours in bed and itContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:11September 2026: Are the clouds behind me now and can I look to bright sunshiny days ahead?: Finally in Thessaloniki!”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):16October2025: No Guilt Shopping and Observations on Poverty and Luxury
16October2025: No Guilt Shopping and Observations on Poverty and Luxury I have purposely opted out of the day’s tour itinerary not feeling particularly well and exhausted by all the travelling and a late night yesterday. I miss a cruise on the Chao Phraya River, but I did that last night. Yet more temples. The plenitudeContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):16October2025: No Guilt Shopping and Observations on Poverty and Luxury”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt
16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt Airconditionosis is an affliction suffered as a result of a travelling companion cranking up the air conditioning to a polar vortex setting causing shivering throughout one’s sleeping period necessitating comforters for warmth. Resulting morning symptoms are predominately feeling like crap.Continue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)16October2025: Suffering From Airconditionosis: Jasmine Tea, Papaya Juice, Lots of Water and Latitudes of Melt”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):15October2025: Penang Island in Malaysia
15October2025: Penang Island in Malaysia Travelled on a bus from the Eastern & Oriental Express train to the Butterworth ferry terminal for the twenty-minute trip to Georgetown on Penang Island. Arrived at the Penang Island ferry terminal for a Vespa tour of Georgetown. Met Jimmy my driver and off we went to the “first stop”Continue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):15October2025: Penang Island in Malaysia”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)14October2025: On the Rails Again in Malaysia
14October2025: On the Rails Again in Malaysia Let’s alter that Willie Nelson song a bit and hum “On the Rails Again”. The seasoned jungle explorers reeking of danger and DEET having seen terrifying piles of elephant dung on their jungle trek (actually a ride on a Jeep) return to the safety of the Eastern &Continue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)14October2025: On the Rails Again in Malaysia”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 12October2025: Passing on the 250 Acre Gardens by the Bay and the Garden Rhapsody Light and Musical Show
Singapore 12October2025: Passing on the 250 Acre Gardens by the Bay and the Garden Rhapsody Light and Musical Show I am not enthused by the evening activity of visiting the 250-acre Gardens by the Bay with The Cloud Forest, Supertree Observatory, Flower Dome and OCBC Skyway followed by the garden Rhapsody Light and Musical ShowContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 12October2025: Passing on the 250 Acre Gardens by the Bay and the Garden Rhapsody Light and Musical Show”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Singapore Panoramic Tour: Is Singapore Soulless?
Singapore 11October2025: Singapore Panoramic Tour: Is Singapore Soulless? “Singapore Panoramic Tour” sounds a bit easy peasy just what the doctor ordered for haggard jet laggers. On a luxury coach (no WC facilities) at 09:15. First stop Merlion Park at the Esplanade Bridge. Right behind us one views the Singapore skyline with innumerable skyscrapers many withContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version):Singapore 11October2025: Singapore Panoramic Tour: Is Singapore Soulless?”
RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)
THE TOUR DIRECTOR: The glue that binds the group together Your tour will have a tour director travelling with you for your entire tour present when you arrive up to your departure and handle all administrative details in between. Part drill sergeant. Part parental figure. Part diplomat. Caregiver. Interpreter. Friend. Part object of blame. TheContinue reading “RKS 2025 Travel: Destination Southeast Asia (Short Attention Span Version)”
