On a level road now in Chiang Mai. Getting to know the ropes in the new job and the people working here. I’m seriously impressed with the programme and the practitioners. I have worked in this field for quite a while now and have experience of some terrible places as[…]
Sun 19 July 10:30am In Bangkok Airways, “The Boutique Airline” lounge. Quite posh, free grub, internet, coffee, etc. My flight is at 12:30; 2 hours away. Last night, when I mentioned at the reception desk of my hotel that I would be departing the next day and could they order[…]
What I meant to say was ‘Here we go again’ and talk about Hong Kong. Mind you, now that I think about it, there are not nearly as many earwigs about as there were when I was a chiseler. They seemed to be everywhere then. Lift up a box or[…]
I spent a long while, years, decades, arranging to come back home to Ireland. I finally made it a few years ago and have no qualms at all about my decision. It was absolutely the right thing for me. I love being back home in the land of my ancestors.[…]
Today is my 64th birthday. When I was making my breakfast this morning, I found myself singing the Beatle’s song: When I’m Sixty Four I first heard this song belting out of the big Phillips transistor wireless sitting on the mantelpiece of the breakfast room in 9 Dollymount Grove, Clontarf,[…]
I got my first voting card this morning in the post. I’m in my mid sixties but this is the first time I’ve ever had the opportunity to vote in Ireland. I left my homeland in 1973 to work in Holland. Ireland had just joined the Common Market, as the[…]
This is a talk I gave about 18 years ago when I was very involved in the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order. Looking back over it now I sort of envy the simplicity and certainty of my vision back then. Although all of it is true and most of[…]
Welcome to my blog. This is my travel blog but will also contain occasional musings, reflections, wonderings, mutterings, with the odd rant but not too many ravings. Enjoy and feel free to comment.
Today is my last day in Bangkok and SE Asia. I fly out late tonight or more correctly, early tomorrow morning; 2am to be exact. An ungodly hour. I fly to Guangzhou in China where there is a 2 hour stopover. Then a change of planes and a 12 hour[…]
I had a few hours to kill yesterday morning. My train from Laos arrived early at 6am and I couldn’t check-in to my hotel until noon-ish. I dropped my bag off at the hotel and just took my iPad and Kindle with me. I was going to go to a[…]
Returning home.
Well, all good things come to an end. Today is my last official day at work though I’m actually on leave. Job didn’t really work out but I gave it my best shot. I said I would stay for three months and theme up my mind. Three months has come[…]
