Flying Horse

... a few days in Bangkok before heading to Cambodia, then on to Vietnam, Yunnan, China, Upper Burma, northern Thailand, Laos and back down to Bangkok, all by train, bus, boat, horse cart, elephant, walking, and any other non-flying means of transportation.

It must have been an omen that I took a picture of the Flying Horse bus yesterday... We bought tickets this morning for a bus leaving Samye at 2pm. Seats 17 and 18, we were there and just waiting for the bus to fill for the return to Lhasa. At 1:59, 2 ...

... that was about it. Back at the VC and the bright light turned out to be the best wildlife viewing of the night as bats were flying around trying to get at the insects. So after our official walk ended we just sat here for 15 min. watching. As we drove ...

... :-D I had agreed with Niko to pick him up at 17:00 hr since he also wanted to check out the aircraft museum besides going flying. So I drove myself back to the hostel and did a load of laundry. While that was going, I sat outside in the sun, trying ...

...  not the greatest of cities but fine for a stop-over and we stayed in an area called Miraflores at a hostel called the Flying Dog which sadly had no flying dogs only a cat called Pablito which I thought was a very sweet name for a ...

... extremely beautiful. A field full of wildflowers is a wonderful thing. On the way down to the plain we glimpsed a vulture flying around overhead. Apparently there are sky burials nearby. The one bad thing about the Flower Ocean was that there were great ...

... my rings in his hat. He apparently forgot where they were when he whipped his hat back onto his head. Both rings went flying!!! I found the wedding band (The much cheaper of the two) right away. The other was still missing on rustic rocky ground. It ...

... are also quite a lot of animal bones & skulls lying around, presumably where the animal died & was picked clean by all the eagles flying above us. The ger we stayed in was in the nicest location of all the gers we stayed in during the tour. It was on ...

... and she was not happy! They pulled up to the bank and the girl stormed up the side yelling that she had enough and was flying home! I’m not sure where they were from, either England or Australia, but it was pretty funny! She was furious, and she ...

... We were offered a cup of tea and after chatting to him and looking at the weather maps we decided that tomorrow would be better for flying; however we were invited to stay for a while to watch a local Irish guy go on a flight. Needless to say the Irish ...

... that sleep came hard, no covers on - not even a sheet, and still mild perspiration. Then at 2AM I awoke with wind and raindrops flying in at me. The wind was so strong that the rain penetrated the screen and was getting both the floor and rug wet. So ...

... from the Buddha-peeing incident during our White Lake trip a few days ago hadn't yet run its course. Because there was Yvonne now, flying through the air with the greatest of ease, then landing with a thump on the hard ground. She was very lucky not to ...

... small cactus hidden beside shrubs, landscape spotted with dome-like plants and random clusters of tall-skinny yellow trees. There were condors flying in the air... As the ride drew to an end, our guide walked us into a wall of tall fronds which reached ...

... a fifth gait, and I wanted to try it! The fifth gait is called a tölt, which is somewhere between a canter and a flying pace. It;s pretty smooth. Icelandic horses are a very well preserved species, if an Icelandic horse leaves the country, it's not ...

... like pants and some weird jacket.  Once the winner has over powered the opponent he walks around the victory pole pretending he is flying like an Eagle.  The whole trip to Mongolia has been worth it just to see that as it is friggen hilarious! people ...

... to get up the hill. Billy on the other hand loved the hill and decided it a good idea to start running up it so I was flying all over the place! We got back down the mountain in one piece then tried to make the horses trot fast along the beach ...

... through the heart of the forest..so cool as at times you couldnt see the other platform and it felt like you were just flying through the trees like a monkey. After such a productive day we headed out to the local hotspot ´The Wilkenny´ (yes, an ...

... unfortunately the handsome young man shown in all the photos on the wall, had passed away three days ago in a plane crash whilst flying a Canadian tourist around the area. We realised that’s why the ambiance was so quiet and we felt sad. Our guide ...

... went nuts and galloped into these bushs / tress, we could not see a thing because of the snow and branches flying everywhere. I jumped of my horse and rescued Jodie. Proper hero... Getting back was the best thing, had a proper shower and loads ...

... were actually cheap. I couldn't wait to get on the plane. Finally some warmth. Ryan Air is basically a European Southwest. Its a big flying bus. Literally, the inside was yellow. When you are half asleep the lest thing you want is big bird staring you in ...

... , but was also fitting for our mood. Donnie, sensing our anxiety, again jumped in with us and tried to urge Tristan on. Spittle flying, he gave his commands, but Tristan would only trot long enough to give us a bit of a breeze and then slow down again. At ...