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Author Archives: RossInAsia
Alive and Well
Oh Oh! Over two weeks and no posts. This is because we’ve been busy/exhausted/without internet access etc. But we are alive and well. We’re now three countries away blobbing out at a lovely beach in Malaysia. I might have to … Continue reading
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Loitering in Luang Prabang
So we finally arrived in Luang Prabang in Laos in the evening on Friday 19 August. We found our Manichan Guest House in a maze of lanes. The bad news way that he’d assumed we were not coming and had … Continue reading
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Long Haul to Luang Prabang
Pickup from our guesthouse in Vientiane for our overnight bus trip north to Luang Prabang was 6.30pm. This was by minibus to get us to the bus station which was about 4kms away for our big bus due to depart … Continue reading
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Getting Around Vientiane
We woke to our first morning in Vientiane in Laos in our dingy room at the Vyakoorn Hotel. And resolved to find somewhere else. It had rained a lot in the night and there was still light rain in the … Continue reading
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Getting to Like Laos
Tuesday 16th was moving-on day – across the border to Laos and up the road a few kms to Vientiane. We were in no hurry to pack up but were finally ready to leave. Wyn mentioned having her passport photo … Continue reading
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A Peaceful Haven Beside the Mekong
We woke on Sunday 14 August in the train from Bangkok. It was just light by the time we pulled into Nong Khai. Nong Khai is at the north east end of Thailand at the Mekong River. Across the river … Continue reading
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Bogged Down in Bangkok
We started our third day in Bangkok. Wyn wanted something simple for breakfast so had a pancake at the Lamphu Guesthouse. I went back up the road to the el-cheapo muesli place. Here I met a young guy from Palmy … Continue reading
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Brief Update from Laos
This evening we’re leaving Vientiane by overnight bus for Luang Prabang in the north. We’ll be there for 4 days and fly from there to Hanoi next Tuesday. See, I said I’d be brief 🙂
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Banging Around Bangkok
Wednesday we had a leisurely start to the day, with breakfast up the road at a street stall with nice muesli and yoghurt and fruit. We set off again to walk to the Grand Palace. Like the day before we were … Continue reading
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Taken For a Ride – Bangkok
Our waking was all a bit rushed on the train to Bangkok. There was time for a cup of tea as we approached the city. Life in the suburbs looked interesting. Once at the station we took stock and had … Continue reading
Leaving Paradise – Ko Samui
On Monday we were up early again for our final swim on Lemai Beach. Just for a change we tried breakfast at the restaurant next door – we didn’t want to get in a rut 🙂 We packed up and … Continue reading
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Chaweng Revisited – Ko Samui
Sunday we had our swim before breakfast – not that breakfast was too early. The water was lovely and clear and I could see a couple of friendly little striped fish swimming near me. One was called Pedro and the … Continue reading
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Lovely Lemai Beach – Ko Samui
The expected touts at the wharf must have slept in or something. It was all very low key as we sat around wondering what to do next. We realised we’d need to take a taxi – to somewhere. The most … Continue reading
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Vans and Buses and Boats
A minibus picked us up at our guesthouse in Georgetown and soon we were heading off. It was a bit of a squash and the afternoon was hot and we were happy to have grabbed a couple of seats on … Continue reading
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Around and Around Penang
The first decision of Wednesday 3 August was to stay for another night in Georgetown. That done, we header up the road for breakfast and then came back and booked our travel to Ko Samui – minibus and then overnight … Continue reading
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