Category: Thailand
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Bangkok House Sitting
Our four week house sit in the outskirts of Bangkok is certainly living up to our expectations. We are getting a chance to experience what we would term “normal” day to day living as an expat. Don’t get me wrong, I am not being critical of the people working in the shop. We show up…
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Day Trip to Phutthamonthon
So, here we are. Into our second week of a four week house sit in the suburbia of Bangkok. More precisely a community called Nakhon Pathom. It is a lovely home in a quiet, secure gated community with all the necessary amenities within walking distance. We are very much enjoying being home bodies and looking…
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Diving Koh Samui, Thailand
We did a couple of days of diving while we were in Koh Samui. We had delayed our Thai diving experience until we got here because of its’ proximity to Koh Tao. We had heard the diving there was excellent. Our first day of diving was to a site called Sail Rock. Because it is…
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Koh Samui, Thailand
As we planned our much anticipated return to Thailand we thought we would treat ourselves to an upgrade in our train travel. We have done a couple of night trains in second class, so for this trip in Thailand we blew the budget and got a first class cabin. We had taken the trouble to…
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Even though our trip from Nha Trang, Vietnam to Chiang Mai, Thailand went exactly as scheduled, that would not be what it seemed at several points during our journey. We (being Karen) had the trip all set. Taxi to airport, flights to Ho Chi Minh City with connections to Bangkok, Thailand, metro to train station…
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Transportation Asia
I am excited to be writing this post. First reason, after several weeks of wandering in the technological hinterland of having a non-functioning laptop, I am back in business. Second, transportation in S.E. Asia has been a consistent high point in every country we have been in thus far. So I am excited to be…
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Tourist in Thailand
We spent a few days in Patong exploring, then a couple of weeks in Kamala Beach doing some house sitting for a couple. They are in Phuket province in the SW corner of Thailand. Our days in Patong were great. Once you resign yourself to the fact that everyone wants to sell you some…
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Bangkok
We spent 4 nights in Bangkok when we first entered Thailand. We did not spend any time in the freak show side of Bangkok as, honestly, I find the whole idea of this kind of side show rather depressing. Not judging, just for me not an attraction. Karen found a fantastic little hotel called Bangkok…