tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52806760106167140932024-12-19T10:29:41.357+07:00CooeeThe Adventures of Stray and Snap. 'An adventure is an activity that is perceived to involve risk, danger or exciting experiences'...or not! To see a list of our adventures, please visit the 'about us' page.Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-53180528604746866142014-08-30T17:04:00.001+07:002014-08-30T17:04:57.575+07:00Khon Kaen to Nong Khai  Leaving Khon Kaen to Nong Khai, in our hire car (ex-Pattaya)...obviously, I'm the back seat driver.     Our hotel in Nong Khai, the Mekong Guesthouse. Wonderful! The room was spacious, nice...but, a tip, don't stay on the ground floor...Thai plumbing/drainage, not so good, lol.  Lovely view and restaurant out the back, over looking the Mekong and right on top of Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-43181970776405029692014-08-30T16:19:00.002+07:002014-08-30T16:19:23.397+07:00How time flies! It's been well over a year since I updated our blog...LIFE certainly does take a hold!!! Rather than try to recollect the minor details, I'll be uploading pictorials, and minor details, from then until now :) We left off on our road trip through Thailand. Since then we've been to Myanmar, and back to one of our favourite haunts, Vietnam. Snap's other blog Chiang Mai Thai Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-14339557063065845692013-04-21T14:43:00.001+07:002013-04-21T14:51:36.521+07:00Road Trip – Pak Chong to Khon Kaen 8 - 9 th Feb, 2013 With Pak Chong literally behind us, we had roughly 230 km in front of us before we’d reach Khon Kaen. The roads themselves in Thailand are good, however, as we all know the traffic rules and load limits can be another story. Being sugar cane harvest time many of the trucks are filled higher than high. On two occasions during our trip, we witnessed trucks that had come Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-74676313784588641532013-03-16T16:04:00.001+07:002013-03-16T16:36:50.192+07:00When Tripadvisor won't advise - Happiness Guesthouse For quite a few years I've gathered valuable information from tripadvisor.com and contributed what I could, myself. Even adding unlisted hotels and guesthouses to their list. To do that, you must provide as much detail about said establishment, as possible.  However, after sending specifics about the Happiness Guesthouse and a great hotel in Khon Kaen, I was politely rejected and given Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-90635056748997215822013-03-05T14:25:00.000+07:002013-03-05T14:33:12.402+07:00Road trip - Pattaya to not quite Nakhon Ratchasima Initially this was going to be a motorcycle ride, with five of us on four largish bikes...I don't ride. However, circumstances dwindled us down to three and the fact that Australian travel insurance companies are unwilling to cover motorcyclists in Thailand, left us hiring a car. Personally I was OK with this, I don't mind a comfortable seat, aircon and shelter from the elements. And, Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-17565736963949890952013-02-26T16:01:00.001+07:002013-02-26T16:01:13.629+07:00Our Thailand Road Trip - and then there were three. Still weary and in need of a good nights sleep, we've literally just returned from our Thailand road trip. Hope you'll stay tuned for where we went (clues above) and stayed, what we did and didn't do and what we'd do differently...if anything. Snap's other blog Chiang Mai Thai Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-88354414068169427782013-01-30T15:01:00.001+07:002013-01-30T15:01:18.353+07:00FollowMee on holidays - GPS tracking for devices After arming myself with a few Thailand map apps and battling with my near non existent GPS location...why wouldn't I pursue a GPS tracking program?! Earlier this week we experienced cyclonic wind and rain, which cut our power, internet and running water (we have rainwater tanks and pump) for 3 days. So to have charged electronic devices once more and to be able to flush the loo using the Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-54741724503970750462013-01-26T11:30:00.003+07:002013-01-26T14:03:21.658+07:00Women and maps, dangerous or not? Apparently women's oestrogen plays havoc with our 'spatial intelligence'. Regardless, I love maps and have no problem reading them or navigating...Stray would beg to differ because I do have difficulty determining which deck I'm on or which side I'm on when travelling on ships. (They should supply maps) In preparation for our driving holiday in Thailand I downloaded a few map apps onto my Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-45208110298022421012013-01-18T15:34:00.003+07:002013-01-18T15:35:51.451+07:00Mini Racing Cars, Kuah, Langkawi Island I forgot to upload some videos from our trip to Cambodia/Malaysia. We rode to the township of Kuah, Langkawi, and stumbled upon some teeny racing cars. Snap's other blog Chiang Mai Thai Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-72014553328336811072013-01-15T19:07:00.001+07:002013-01-18T08:48:07.497+07:00Airport hotels, Kuala Lumpur Way back in March... By airport hotel, I mean one physically in the airport or one close enough to take a shower, grab a bite to eat and have a short sleep before your next flight...when it's just way to long to window shop the duty free stores and drink expensive or bad coffee. I remember our first experience in an 'airport' hotel at Kuala Lumpur's luxurious International Airport Pan PacificSnaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-34757066627529550252013-01-07T16:08:00.001+07:002013-01-07T16:39:12.527+07:00What to do in Melaka Malacca! Way back in March Firstly, my apologies for the misspelling of Melaka/Malacca in previous posts...all amended now. Apparently my version was a tad unsavoury! Beautiful Melaka was the last destination on this trip, apart from an airport hotel stay on our last night. As mentioned in the previous post, our hotel was a delight and well situated.  We bought tickets at reception, a littleSnaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-49673201634324513032013-01-05T13:00:00.002+07:002013-01-07T09:30:05.457+07:00Best Western Wana Riverside Hotel (Melaka) Review A wonderful place to stay in Melaka. All of the main attractions close by, while enjoying clean, tasteful rooms with excellent staff and pretty views. Read my full review on Tripadvisor.   Snap's other blog Chiang Mai Thai Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-42748699914667385512012-12-30T16:55:00.002+07:002012-12-30T16:56:08.238+07:00Lazy Langkawi - Part 2 Way back in March The reason the beach area of Langkawi Island may have been so quiet, even though it was school holidays, is that all the holiday makers were most likely at Panorama Langkawi! Stray and I and Co. hired some scooters, but they latter stayed behind this day. So, we made the pleasant ride out to the cable car, just the two of us.  On arriving you'll find a theme parkSnaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-78585407681811086812012-12-20T14:35:00.002+07:002022-12-28T07:57:55.070+07:00Lazy Langkawi - part 1 Way back in March... From Penang to Langkawi may have been the shortest flight we've ever taken...but I'll have to research that a little further. In stark contrast, the island is quiet and sleepy and HOT! From the airport we taxied to the AB Hotel, which is divided into two sections by the coastal road in the beach area Pantai Cenang (Cenang Beach), not the township. After checking in Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-37050103029910943232012-12-13T17:18:00.002+07:002012-12-13T17:18:12.315+07:00Wow, while I wasn't looking.... Cooeee has received 50,609 Pageviews since hatching! Snap's other blog Chiang Mai Thai Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-3425751274804987042012-12-13T17:16:00.000+07:002012-12-13T17:16:33.253+07:00Feeling terribly guilty and anxious! Feeling terribly guilty, because I've neglected my blogging friends and world. And, for not finishing our last adventure! Anxious, because I, we, are crash coursing our Thai a little, as we prepare to revisit in the new year. Work for me, study for Stray, catching up with family, deweeding the jungle, termite damage and repairing it, has kept us both very busy over this past year since we Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-79336757413366412252012-05-23T07:23:00.000+07:002012-05-23T07:23:31.967+07:00Penang - Part 2. The Hill and Kek Lok Si 7th - 10 Mar 2012 Penang Hill is a short 6 km bus ride out of Georgetown and the top, reachable by funicular. It’s a slow, very steep ride in parts…kind of like my blog writing efforts of late. The track is just under 2 km long and in places the climb is nearly 28 degrees. The views from just over 820 metres above sea level are quite nice, overlooking the channel between the island and Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-77157651893889918982012-04-27T19:13:00.000+07:002012-04-27T19:13:00.096+07:00Georgetown, Penang - Part 1 7th - 10 Mar 2012 Penang’s much bigger and more populated than I thought it would be. The airport was, and no doubt still is, undergoing some major renovations…but we eventually found the exit to catch a public bus into Georgetown.  A 45 minute ride, stopping at various locations, along the way. I was ssooo hungry, as soon as we entered a huge shopping complex I voted to disembark.Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-21539586841320682852012-04-20T10:25:00.000+07:002012-04-27T19:37:37.193+07:00Where to stay (or not) in Phnom Penh - Modern City Hotel I'm not sure why this hotel is under the heading of a B & B/Inn on Tripadvisor...it's a hotel! We had been booked in at Sary's Guesthouse for months prior, having made arrangments directly, with Sary by emails. All was going well until they failed to collect us from the bus station, a trade off in lieu of our free airport pick-up. So in a tuk tuk we jumped and found our own way. On Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-39818331139530708742012-04-13T08:56:00.000+07:002012-04-27T19:36:59.749+07:00So what's (new for us) to eat? Cambodia 28th Feb - 7th Mar 2012 Anyone who knows us, or this blog, will know that we love our food. Especially finding new dishes or ingredients, we’ve never seen or tried before and eating them. During the 9 days we spent in Cambodia we were able to discover a few, as well as take part in a cooking class in Phnom Penh. As in nearly every class we’ve attended in Asia, alas, spring rolls were on Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-55091172982976580262012-04-09T16:09:00.000+07:002012-04-27T19:35:40.770+07:00Phnom Penh's S21 5th - 7th March 2012 Driving into Phnom Penh, the term ‘in your face’ comes to (my) mind. It’s part in ruins, part being built/rebuilt and part new. She’s a bit smelly, colourful, struggling to survive, hoping for a better future, and writhing with life. Her scars are very evident,  and some of her wounds are still healing, and it’s no wonder why. The history of Cambodia is fraught Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-46648728819816417452012-04-06T16:40:00.003+07:002012-04-27T19:33:03.777+07:00Busing it from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh 4th March 2012 If you're planning on travelling from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh, by bus, you have several options of companies to choose from. We chose 168, only because the staff at Zana House said that they were new...or perhaps they meant that the buses were new...or looked new. Ours was just fine. We were punctually collected right outside the guesthouse entrance and appeared to beSnaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-40156092429346189282012-04-01T13:14:00.001+07:002012-04-27T19:32:13.182+07:00Flying to Sihanoukville for a couple of days 2nd - 3th March Unable to book a ticket via the Cambodia Angkor Air website (for the last 6 months, after numerous attempts and reassuring emails from their office) we found their headquarters in Siem Reap and paid for our seats. Angkor Air is currently the only airline offering this route, unless perhaps if you have the dosh to hire your own plane. The flight from Siem Reap to Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-88960290125227987362012-03-28T16:58:00.000+07:002012-04-27T19:31:35.578+07:00Mekong Boutique Hotel, Siem Reap - Review Whenever we travel, I always submit a review of hotels we stay at on Tripadvisor.com (because I rely on it myself)...that is of course if they can locate the darn hotel. Some remain undiscovered by the website, regardless of providing them with detailed details. Ho hum! While in Siem Reap we stayed at the Mekong Boutique Hotel, booking directly via their website for US$20 per night, per roomSnaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-49765326983552647522012-03-26T15:28:00.000+07:002012-04-27T19:28:48.121+07:00Before we leave Siem Reap 28th Feb - 2nd Mar 2012 Some holiday photos and experiences don't warrant a full post to themselves, but it'd be a shame to not include them, somewhere. So, before we leave Siem Reap... Flying in. Where the river meets Tonle Sap lake Looking a bit dry or perhaps the havest's over, as we near Siem Reap The language. A native Bangkokian recently said to me that Khmer reminded him Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.com5