Let's go on an adventure!

I suppose there comes a time, when reaching a certain age, you decide to throw caution to the wind, stuff conventiality and go off and do something far out and radical.
Ok, for some that could involve nothing more exciting than a caravan holiday in Cornwall or a trip to Blackpool lights. Nothing wrong with either of those activities. I know many people who like nothing better than being holed up inside a tin box on wheels in a force ten gale or sitting in stationary traffic for an hour on the Golden Mile. Each to their own.
No, the activity I'm embarking on is going to take me and the wife (she would qualify that with "long suffering") a little further afield than the south west. In fact further than the south west of Europe. We're doing a Grancation - in SE Asia!

Now you may think at our age we should know better than undertake a hairbrained scheme at our time of life. "You're both too old to be spending time in the tropics, surely you could go for a fortnight to Benidorm - isn't that what all the oldies do?" 

Well, in time we will be living in Spain  (not Benidorm - heaven forbid) but for now our sights are firmly focused on the Far East and what should be the journey of a lifetime. And basically - why not?

Having been to Thailand a couple of years ago we were virtually spoiled as we gratefully accepted the hospitality of my sister who is based in Bankok. We marvelled at the pictorial evidence of her families travels around the region. Hey, why be posted in an exotic area then not see any of it. They have done it all and bought the T shirt. Their experiences sowed the seed in our minds to do it ourselves one day. That day has now come.