Time for a whiz-round catchup on the last few days. I will admit to having some kind of trepedation when Lou headed off and I was effectively “alone” in a big city I don’t really know. Within 2 days, this feeling had gone. Bangkok’s so nice, the people so friendly, the transport network so efficient… [...]

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Breakfast at the hotel was lovely and fresh fruit based. And if you think fruit in the UK is even remotely “fresh”, you’re sorely mistaken. Pineapple, watermelon, papaya… lovely. The hotel hired us a “taxi” to get to the Tiger Temple. It’s not a short drive – about 40 minutes – and we ended up [...]

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Today was a very long day, but a very worthwhile one. Our original plan was to take the train to Kanchanaburi, but due to time constraints (and being spoiled), Lou insisted on a hired car. Still, it cost less for the 3-hour drive than you’d pay for a train ticket back home. It also meant [...]

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Task one this morning was to take that tie back. Now I have no idea of your consumer rights in Thailand and neither does Lou, but we traipsed back and – after much conversation where they were trying to offer her a credit note – we think they agreed to refund her card. Either way, [...]

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An early start this morning as we headed back to Bangkok, Sharon driving the Camper Van again. There were only meant to be the three of us, but Eddie the wonderdog seems to have figured out how to get out of the beachhouse despite every visible exit being locked. As a result, she ended up [...]

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A fairly busy day, today. I started off with a bit of a chill-out, eating semi-melted chocolate and drinking water. I’m actually getting into the habit of drinking enough non-beer fluids which will suprise many people back home. Then off I went for a quick bike ride around the nearby lake, armed with my camera. [...]

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Today I was pretty much left to my own devices as mein hosts were at work. In fairness, I got up at the same time as them (first time I’d seen 7am for a week) and then started writing up the last few days for this blog. I walked the dog (who Sharon said would [...]

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Another late night meant another lie in and the first time we missed breakfast at the hotel. Which was daft really, as after the last few days we really could have done with food! Sleep won, though, and we got all packed up and shifted to Joy’s house in Bangkok to await Sharon. When she [...]

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Today was Tim & Tracy’s last day in Thailand, with them heading out on a near-midnight flight. We spent the day dawdling around Bangkok (after recoving from the night before which took some doing, I can tell you) and I even managed to find an A & W selling root beer. Lovely! We sat and [...]

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Today was Lou’s birthday so we had a little party for her and deluged her with many gifts and cards that were rude about her age. Even the hotel joined in, turning up at the room door with a cake and a card. Admittedly the card was meant for a guy 5 floors below, apologising [...]

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