Your host
Hi and welcome to my website. I’m Peter and this site goes under the title of Marches Travel. ‘Marches’ appears repeatedly for a reason. My place of birth is Hereford, West Midlands, UK and Herefordshire is one of the counties collectively known as the Welsh Marches; English counties bordering Wales. However this site is now only about travel in the area of Indo-China. Your host is TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) qualified.
Content
Actually this site has sprung to life largely out of my personal desire to learn webpage coding in HTML. It’s not the first time I’ve written a computer program but for many years I simply immersed myself in other things. You will notice immediately that I have travelled well in Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in recent years but my association with Thailand goes back a long way; 1986 to be precise. My recent travels have provided a platform for development of this site. Of course it may appear just a personal record for posterity of my adventures. However, it is hoped that prospective travelers to this fascinating part of the world will find something here of interest to them. You will notice that some familiar names are not included, notably Pattaya, Phuket and Samui. Nor will they be!! All you need for these is your Google search engine. If you need to know more about other lesser known destinations please stay with this site!! One thing I should stress is that being in the pension zone I don’t have unlimited resources. But in this era of national and corporate troubles most who would aspire to travel here will be in a similar situation. I endeavor to travel on a budget of £30, about 50 US dollars per day. This could accommodate two travelers but wouldn’t allow shopping for souvenirs or non-essentials. It roughly breaks down in three equal parts: transport, accommodation and food. Are you still paying attention!!!
Future developments
My intention is to continue development of this site. I do regard it as dynamic and fluid but I apologize in advance if the site lacks certain professionalism that is associated with advanced web design. However familiar features will gradually appear as the site develops. Presently the site features tours and trips mostly in Thailand but also in Northern and Southern Laos, Northern Vietnam and Cambodia. For tours I will endeavor to keep a travel log as well as tour summaries. A useful photo gallery will also be included. As I write this in July 2013 I have provisional plans for this year. These include a 12 day island tour taking in Penang and Langkawi in Northwestern Malaysia and a visit to islands in the Thai provinces of Trang and Satun scheduled for October and November. I also intend to develop and expand the State Railway of Thailand website opening up further options for travelers. Once again thanks for visiting my site. If you have any questions or constructive suggestions I would be very pleased to hear from you.