Asia
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8 March 2014 – Phetchaburi, Thailand
Happy international women’s day from Phetchaburi, Thailand. To celebrate, a little tour of our wonderful guesthouse, 2N. While we get around to publishing a detailed post about Phetchaburi and our stay there, you can have a look at the 2N website if you are heading that way.
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7 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
Another transit day. Having a (delicious!) dinner at Sai Tai Mai — south bus station waiting for our minivan from Bangkok to Phetchaburi.
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6 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
We talk about how much we love Mile Map Hostel in Bangkok. We show you our room. Yes, Jenia is pretty much nesting. But Mile Map makes it easy because its clean and it looks good!
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Great fun at the Great Wall
Our day trip to the Great Wall of China easily qualifies as a major highlight of our month-plus that we spent in the country. I might even go as far as saying that if I had to pick just one thing to see/do in China, this would be it (although I would be very sad,…
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5 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
A short visit to Khao San Road – during the day, mind you!
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4 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
Sergey checks in for the 4 o’clock from Bangkok Dental Hospital where he has been spending every afternoon this week getting his root canal re-d0ne (after a not so nice job in the US). Ah Thailand, even your dentist offices are nicer than elsehwere in the world (ahem).
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3 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
Jenia pays a visit to the Bumrungrad International Clinic to check out a cough that she’s had for a few weeks. Turns out she is fine, just some allergies. You know what’s pretty amazing though? For a consultation with a doctor and 3 x-rays the total cost for the visit at Bumrungrad came to just over…
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Ulaanbaatar – Transsiberian stop #7
Founded: 1639 as a nomadic Buddhist center, 1778 in permanent location. Pop: 1,000,000 Ahh Mongolia. Well, what can we say. It was a fascinating experience – we have never seen a country with so many jarring contrasts all coexisting, intertwining so peacefully. We learned a lot, in a short time period, and overall really glad…
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2 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
Taking the MRT – not to be confused with the BTS – in Bangkok, Thailand.
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1 March 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
Discuss life as it is while hanging out on the rooftop of our hostel Mile Map in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Month 6 Roundup
stats Days on the road: 184 Distance traveled: nobody cares 🙂 Number of beds: 14 Countries visited: Thailand, India — we did about 2 weeks of chilling in Thailand, one week on the beach and another in Chiang Mai (with a stopover in Trang). Then we really kicked it into high gear with our trip…
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28 February 2014 – Bangkok, Thailand
A walk around Bangkok’s largest flower market – Pak Khlong Talat. Located just off pier #6, past memorial bridge. I got an arrangement of orchids for just 35 cents!