more photos

Of course one of the main highlights of my trip to Asia was catching up with my friends' children. Click on 'cuties in asia' to see some of their pics.

I've also posted some photos on Facebook of 'Amy and Jonathan's wedding'. I think this should be accessible to non-Facebookers. This was a lovely wedding I attended the night before I headed out to Thailand. It was great being able to celebrate with friends.

land of smiles

i'm back from a lovely time in chiangmai and singapore. apart from the joy of meeting up with friends and the encouragement of getting to know some likeminded people, these were some more amusing highlights:

• officially the worst hotel bathroom i've ever had - a baby gecko who kept me company in the shower, then when someone upstairs took a shower one night it started raining in OUR bathroom, and an invasion of a swarm of flies/tiny insects when their eggs hatched in our shower area. i also had ants in my bed.
• my first up close and personal sighting of a live snake, 'in the wild' (on the path to our hotel room) - since i'm not bindi erwin, i fled!
• this has to be some sort of record. i had 2 days in Chiangmai town during which i made 2 visits to 'Love at First Bite' cafe (quiche on day one and macadamia pie on day two) and 2 visits to 'Dukes' (Chicago style restaurant - i wouldn't go for the garlic chicken pizza again but i'd definitely highly recommend the warm spinach and bacon salad!)
• watching 'hairspray' the movie compliments of singapore airlines
• speaking of singapore airlines, i very much appreciated the magnum ice creams for dessert! i also love the new online check-in system that allows you to show up just 60 minutes before the flight to check your bags in.
• they actually have shoes small enough to fit me in singapore - and i didn't even buy the smallest size!!! amazing!