Category Monks

My Iconic Travel Moments – Part One, Up Until 2010

November 21, 2022 · by · in Egypt, Elephants, Elephant Village, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Luang Prabang, Monks, Norway, South Africa, South America, South East Asia, Travel Icons, Vietnam · Leave a comment

My number one travel experience is a very personal one, which involves a site that had almost mythical status during my childhood. You see, on June 8th 1957 my parents were married at St George’s Church, Tanglin, Singapore. I was brought up on tales of how they met in the army, got engaged on Christmas […]

My Iconic Travel Moments – Part One, Up Until 2010

December 20, 2020 · by · in Egypt, Elephants, Elephant Village, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Luang Prabang, Monks, Norway, South Africa, South America, South East Asia, Travel Icons, Vietnam · 2 Comments

My number one travel experience is a very personal one, which involves a site that had almost mythical status during my childhood. You see, on June 8th 1957 my parents were married at St George’s Church, Tanglin, Singapore. I was brought up on tales of how they met in the army, got engaged on Christmas […]

Registan, Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Wilbur’s Travels – My 7 Travel Wonders Of The Past Decade

December 30, 2019 · by · in Brazil, Camargue, Central Asia, Champagne, Che Guevara, Cuba, Havana, Havana, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro, Laos, Luang Prabang, Lyon, Mekong River, Monks, Orange, Overnight Trains, Provence, Riquewihr, Silk Road, South America, South East Asia, Soviet Union, Strasbourg, Sunset, Temples, The Mekong River, Train Journeys, Train Travel, Turkey, Turkmenistan · Leave a comment

Travel is a great defining constant in my life and as I reflect on the last ten years of travels, I am extremely grateful that I am able to indulge in my passion on a regular basis. I have visited 22 new countries in the decade and revisited many more old favourites. I found it […]

Love You, Luang Prabang

October 26, 2015 · by · in Laos, Luang Prabang, Mekong River, Monks, South East Asia · 9 Comments

So, having just returned from my favourite LP, was it as good as the first time? My first visit was a nine-day sojourn in February 2010. My travel buddy Hamish and I arrived in LP via the overnight train from Bangkok, followed by a ten-hour bus ride from the Laos capital of Vientiane. So struck […]