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Finding Bliss In Chiang Dao
Your Mum is coming to visit. You want to make it special for her, not in an over-the-top, jam-packed, tourist activity overload sort of way, just special. Memorable.Okay, that you is really me. But if...
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My Mum The World Traveller
Today is Mother’s day in Australia. My Mum isn’t spending it with her two daughters, or even with her two grand daughters. She’s spending it touring the Champagne houses in Reims, France. How rude…My...
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A Chance Meeting, A New Friendship
On my Mum’s last day in Chiang Mai, we awoke to rain and an overcast sky. We wandered around the old city in search of the only sensible rainy day activity - a visit to the spa. Mum’s recent pedicure...
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I’m writing this from a bamboo bungalow in a small town in rural Northern Thailand. I just commented on my friend Kim’s latest post and it inspired me to write about my day, because she is where I was...
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What Does It Cost To Go To Pai?
So, how much did it cost us to go to Pai, the small town with a big reputation for it’s chilled hippy vibe, three hours from Chiang Mai? Well, that takes a bit of explaining…Motorbike rental: $20 for...
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Don’t Scratch! On Bug Bites and Bee Stings…
It’s been a running joke since we started our journey in Cambodia almost four months ago. Tyrhone’s constant referral to the multitude of bitey critters hell-bent on making his life miserable, which...
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Realising A Dream At The Elephant Nature Park
Do you remember before we left I wrote that I wanted to bathe an elephant? Well, after almost two and a half months in Thailand, I finally did it.To be honest, I had put off a visit to The Elephant...
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Learning A New ‘Love Language’
The expiry of our Thai visas coincided with Tyrhone’s birthday on May 31st. Actually, it was his 31st on the 31st, so it was kind of special. Not that I needed a once in a life-time numeric eclipse to...
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Bye Bye Thailand, Hello..?
After the road trip, we had a few days back at The Smith Residence, Chiang Mai, which had served as a comfy home for the previous two months. TWO MONTHS?! Had it really been that long?It seemed at once...
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The Kindness Of Strangers
The main thing I’ve learnt from travelling is that people are really nice and the world is quite a safe place. Not exactly headline material, but an observation made through personal experience....
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