By Ben. On Sunday the 30th of June 2019 we attended the wedding of a couple, Tim and Jaa, who we have known for around 4 years. We met them at their restaurant ,Hemingway’s on the Beach in Koh Samui and have since gotten friendly with them. He is an Englishman and she is … Read more
So the LBF blog has been quiet for quite some time now and I will explain why. We arrived in Koh Samui early in April 2016 and had spent a few days getting settled when we got some terrible news from home. Michael’s mum, Emily, had been diagnosed with terminal cancer and the outlook was … Read more
By Tom On the 13th of March we went on the banana boat in Lembongan.Banana BoatIf you don’t know what a banana boat is it is a long banana shape floating thing with two foot rests one on each side but you could also wedge your feet in between the boat and the foot rests. Also … Read more
By Mum We have been in south Bali for about five weeks and to be honest we are finding it hard to adjust to the surrounding chaos we find ourselves in. The constant noise of traffic and tooting of horns at all hours is not ideal and not very conducive to the calm and peace you expect … Read more
By Mum How were we going to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Koh Samui? This was a question that had been playing on our minds for a while. As a couple we don’t really DO New Year’s Eve. I am normally in bed at my usual time and don’t make a big fuss of it. But … Read more
By Mum We knew this year was going to be very different as we would be away from home for Christmas. None of the usual traditions would be followed and we would have to come up with alternative ways to spend our Christmas. As I have not been driving here I could not “nip to the shops” … Read more
Report by Mum We have been in Koh Samui for about two weeks now and one of the most overriding things we have experienced is the wonderful food. We had certainly been spoiled by Nita in Bali who cooked all fresh Balinese food for us and we didn’t know how we would react to the changes … Read more
Report By Ben On Sunday the 1st November 2015 we went to Petronas twin Towers. This was our third day in Kuala Lumpur and we decided to take a tour bus around the city. This is a Hop-On Hop-Off system which lets you get off and on as many times as you like in one day.We … Read more
By Ben On Wednesday the 4th of November 2015 we went to Petrosains the Discovery Centre. This was our last full day in Kuala Lumpur and we thought we would do something fun. We were going to go to either the discovery centre or the aquarium called Aquaria. The aquarium lost! As we had already been to … Read more
Report By Tom On Tuesday 3rd of November we went to Cosmos – Berjaya Times Square Theme Park in Kuala Lumpur. To get there we used a monorail. A monorail is like a train only on a levitated track with one rail and for two stops was about 70p – good fun! When we got there it … Read more