2020 – when masks hid our smile
The abiding memory of 2020 will be masks. Masks everywhere. Masks that help stop the spread of the virus...
Category: travel
So you want to fly to Thailand?
Qatar Airways sent an email earlier today promoting its two daily flights to Bangkok. Included in the email was...
Loy Krathong in Sukhothai
Sukhothai’s Loy Krathong festival last ten days and is held annually in late October or November in the city’s...
The long road to the quite deep south
For the next two weeks I will be traveling to the south or Thailand, with a short one night...
Hub airline perils in the time of Coronavirus
After a recent Qatar Airways flight 12 passengers tested positive for Covid-19. Qatar AIrways pleaded that it is not...
Layoffs at Emirates
With the economic fall-out of this awful pandemic it was inevitable that Emirates would follow other airlines with...
A few elephant pictures
Because I have them – and because there are few creatures more elegant or calming! These were taken at...
Chiang Mai’s tourism worries
Other than agriculture the real driver of Chiang Mai’s economy is tourism – this fuels jobs at the airport,...
Oh Canada
Toronto was 5C with rain and wind. In mid May. But arriving in Niagara Falls in time for some...
Emirates: The demise of the A380; the rebirth of the A330 and a rethink on the A350
In what was basically an admission that the airline had misjudged its future fleet needs Emirates today announced the demise...