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Day 34 – Sukhothai to Chiang Mai
Today we took the Bus from Sukhothai Old Town Bus Stop to Chiang Mai Bus Terminal. It was the same company (big blue buses) that we used from Bangkok to Sukhothai New Town. The bus stopped at various points along the way. We typically had a bathroom break or bought some snacks. Once we got […]
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Day 33 – Sukhothai
Today was a really quite day where we could recover from yesterday’s walking. Ramkhamhaeng National Museum First we went to the Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, which exhibits lots of various ancient statues, pottery, jewels and other excavated artefacts from around Thailand. It also has complete 3D map of the Historic Park which is very nice. It […]
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Day 32 – Sukhothai
Sukhothai Historic Park Today we left Hotel de’Peal into another sunny Sukhothai day. We had breakfast along the way and stocked up some water and snacks at 7/11. On this 15 minute walk, we saw another two 7/11 stores. They are everywhere in Bangkok too. Once we reached the main / Central bit of the […]
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Day 30 – Bangkok
Today we left our hostel Oh Bangkok at 7am for a tour which we purchased the previous day from a hostel down the road. The van arrived around 10 minutes late which had us worrying after hearing about a few scams around town. Maeklong Railway Market First we went to the Maeklong Railway Market at […]
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Day 27 – Bangkok THAILAND
We landed at Bangkok Airport with no plans on what to do in Thailand. After clearing customs we got a SIM card and then went to the Information Centre at the airport and worked out how to get to our accommodation, Baron Residence Bangkok. This required us to take a train from within the airport […]
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Day 21 – Arugam Bay to Weliweriya
From Arugam Bay to Weliweriya Today we left Surf & Sand Hotel early in the morning at 5.01am to the empty streets of Arugam Bay. We finally saw a three wheeler (tuk tuk), but he didn’t stop for us. Luckily the 2nd three wheeler stopped and gave us a 10 minute ride down to Pottuvil. At […]
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Day 20 – Arugam Bay
Another hot day in paradise. Once we got up, the host at Surf & Sand Hotel made us Chocolate Rotti which was really good. They even offered me a second serving as I just scoffed it down. We were having a great conversation with the owner and then out of the blue, he told us […]
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Day 19 – Panama to Arugam Bay
Today we left the comfort of the Lagoon Cabanas in Panama to travel the short distance to Arugam Bay by three wheeler (tuk tuk). Turned out it was the same driver who took us to Kumana National Park yesterday. The short ride was surprisingly expensive! Once at our new accommodation we were able to check […]
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Day 18 – Panama (Kumana National Park)
Today we left Lagoon Cabanas early in the morning to leave for Kumana National Park, which was arranged by our accommodation. The young driver rocked up in a safari jeep just after 5am. We left the Navy Base and drove around 30 minutes to Kumana National Park. We actually went for the cheaper option of […]
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Day 17 – Pasikuda to Panama
After checking out from Passi Villas, the cousins were nice enough to drop us off 30km away in the town of Batticaloa. From Batticaloa we took a bus down to Pottuvil. From Pottuvil we took a three wheeler down to Panama. Once we were in Panama we had issues finding our accommodation as Google Maps […]
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Day 16 – Pasikuda
It was early in the morning just after 4am when we left home for our first road trip in Sri Lanka with my wife’s cousin and husband. My cousin-in-law drove the entire ~260km with only a few stops for breakfast and lunch. Solid effort. Once we reached the accommodation Passi Villas it was definitely a […]
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