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First full day in Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Day 46 So it's a new day, and we've had a pretty good sleep. The bed was comfy (but it does squeak a bit when you...

Liz
Jan 6, 20257 min read
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Leaving Thailand for Vietnam...
Bangkok, Day 45 Ok, so I've jumped a few blog days, but that's because I was 'no well' and we didn't really do anything of interest. We...

Liz
Jan 5, 20258 min read
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Thailand Top Tips: Height Matters
The very tall MahaNakhon Tower in the Silom/Sathorn District in Bangkok Many online travel vlogs and blogs often paint rosy,...
R
Jan 4, 20253 min read
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The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
Bangkok, Day 41 Now I didn't mention this in my 29th Dec blog post (as I didn't think much of it), but yesterday I had a few sneezes. ...

Liz
Jan 3, 20256 min read
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A Day of Errors....
Bangkok, Day 40 I woke up today with a message from our Home Exchange hosts and it dawned on me that I had made an error on our dates, so...

Liz
Jan 2, 20254 min read
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MRT to a Coffee shop, Prison and a Temple
It's the start of a brand new year today as I post this, so here's to a good one for you all from us! Bangkok, Day 39 The plan for today...

Liz
Jan 1, 20256 min read
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Thumbs up or down for Bang Rak?
Bangkok, Day 38 In the words of Victor Meldrew, " I don't believe it ". Yes dear readers, it would seem that news of R's 'thumb...

Liz
Dec 31, 20245 min read
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A Boxing Day Walk
Bangkok, Day 37 Today, we are to take things a little easy - well I mean it's not like we are travelling at breakneck pace or doing...

Liz
Dec 30, 20243 min read
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A Different Kind of Christmas
Bangkok, Day 36 "It's Christmas Time" - and we start our morning with a special breakfast of Japanese bakery goodies. We have seen...

Liz
Dec 29, 20244 min read
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Christmas Eve in One Bangkok
Bangkok, Day 35 So it's Christmas Eve today, and it feels quite weird as it's not like any Christmas Eve I have ever experienced before. ...

Liz
Dec 28, 20246 min read
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Three Temples, A Market, A Mall & A Big Mac!
Bangkok, Day 34 "How about we....?" - these are the words that R has come up with today. Now I'm sure that he's secretly going onto some...

Liz
Dec 27, 20247 min read
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A rather unfortunate incident... - An update
Since my last blog, there has been a huge outpouring of support and I received thousands of emails asking how my thumb is and many offers...
R
Dec 26, 20241 min read
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Bus, Shopping & Gaming
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!! I'm a little behind on my blog updates - normal service will resume in due course. In the meantime, we hope...

Liz
Dec 25, 20244 min read
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Taking a skywalk in the Park
Bangkok, Day 32 So yesterday (Day 31) we had a fairly chilled day and there was nothing very exciting to report, as we caught up on some...

Liz
Dec 24, 20243 min read
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Off to see Chinatown
Bangkok, Day 30 Today's plan was to visit Chinatown during the day (and we will perhaps do a night time visit later also). So after...

Liz
Dec 23, 20246 min read
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A very old and unusual cemetery
Bangkok, Day 29 Today's adventure is to head to the Wat Don Cemetery. Yes I know, I know - that seems a bit doom and gloom but again for...

Liz
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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Lumphini Park and Manahakon
Bangkok, Day 28 Today we made our way to Lumpini Park, which is a 25-minute walk from the apartment. On our way there, a nice Thai lady...

Liz
Dec 21, 20244 min read
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Sathorn - Our first full day
Bangkok, Day 27 We had a great sleep and woke up to our first full day in our Sathorn Home Exchange apartment, where we are staying until...

Liz
Dec 20, 20243 min read
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A stormy night and some damage
Hua Hin, Day 26 Oooh, that was an interesting night! I was woken up by the stormy, windy weather about 3am. We'd had some cloudy...

Liz
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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The Old Railway Hotel
Hua Hin, Day 25 So today is our last full day in Hua Hin as tomorrow we move back to Bangkok for our second Home Exchange. The weather...

Liz
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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