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Incidentals
Three things that caught my eye on the walk between our hotel and Siam Square on the one Bangkok day I did bother to stop for photos. Components of a street stall. Some assembly required. Check out...
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Chiang Mai: Placeholder
Yeah, as you might have guessed I haven’t quite got my act together yet for blogging about our trip to Chiang Mai and Chiang Dao. And with Russ arriving this Saturday and our, er, “happy” threesome...
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Chiang Mai: Day One
Perhaps there was turbulence during our flight to Chiang Mai, but given that it took off at six in the morning I slept like a baby the whole way. We landed about nine, checked blearily into Chiang Mai...
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Chiang Mai Weekend Market
The weekend night market in Chiang Mai’s Old City is lovely. Just to make things clear, this isn’t the permanent Night Market which I suppose every tourist in Chiang Mai visits at some point. That one...
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Chiang Mai: Day Two – Lampang
The usual elephant camp / handicraft village / long-neck tribal zoo day tours that most Chiang Mai travel agencies offer don’t appeal to us so we decided to go to Lampang instead to see Wat Phra Tat...
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Phuket Day 1: Kayaks And Caves
We’re not beach people so we’d never bothered with Phuket before, but it seemed like an easy trip to throw together since I needed to use up a little leave, and its low season flight and accommodation...
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Phuket Day 2: Phuket Town
Phuket Town doesn’t seem to be regarded as a must-see spot in Phuket, and if you’re already familiar with Straits-Chinese culture from, say, Penang, Malacca or Singapore, those are certainly better...
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Phuket Day 2: Mandatory Minigolf
This is part of a series of posts on our holiday to Phuket. You might like to read the others too! Phuket Day 1: Kayaks and Caves Phuket Day 2: Phuket Town Phuket Day 2: Mandatory Minigolf Phuket Day...
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Phuket Day 3: Beaches, Buddha and Bargainhunting
While our experience of Phuket was generally very positive, perhaps due to visiting in very low season, one of its annoyances was still in full swing: the powerful transport cartel that rules Phuket’s...
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Phuket Day Four: What Everyone Else Does On Phuket
This is the last in a series of posts on our holiday to Phuket. You might like to read the others too! Phuket Day 1: Kayaks and Caves Phuket Day 2: Phuket Town Phuket Day 2: Mandatory Minigolf Phuket...
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