Tag: Travel

  • Day 42 – Bangkok

    Our hotel Baron Zotel Bangkok is actually one street away from the first place we stayed in Bangkok which was Baron Residence Bangkok, probably the same company. We packed our bags and checked out of the Zotel. The Zotel actually have a tuk tuk service that takes customers to the main road, so leaving our […]

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  • Day 40 – Pai

    Today we went on a group tour early in the morning, which we purchased last night at the street market. The Songthaew picked us up and we were the final pick up. Big Buddha The first stop was close to our accommodation Pril Pai Guest house, which explains why we were to last to be […]

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  • Day 39 – Chiang Mai to Pai

    Today we left Chiang Mai to go further north to the town of Pai. Our hostel X Kingdom had arranged the journey. After breakfast an empty Songthaew (shared taxi) picked us up and proceeded to pick up several other tourists. With the Songthaew full (like super full, due to ~10 people and everyone’s bags) we […]

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  • Day 38 – Chiang Mai

    Today was a quite day were we walked down the street to a coin laundry recommended by X Kindgom Hostel. While waiting, we ended up talking to an English teacher, who highly recommended teaching English as an income source there. It turns out he was also staying at our hostel. Ideas forming! He was a […]

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  • Day 37 – Chiang Rai

    Today we had another tour guide booked for the city of Chiang Rai. We woke up early again, but this time we could have breakfast at X Kingdom hostel. Once the tour guide came (again a few minutes late) we hopped into the full van. Hot Springs We drove on the bus for around 1 […]

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  • Day 36 – Chiang Mai

    Today we woke up night and early for our pre-booked tour. The pick up time was 7am which was before X Kingdom offered breakfast so we decided to discontinue our boycott of the McDonald’s Corporation and eat there, as unfortunately it was the only thing open. The boycott only started earlier this year after watching […]

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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 31 – Bangkok to Sukhothai

    Travel journal from Bangkok to Sukhothai

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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 29 – Bangkok

    Today we left our accommodation and used a Grab (which is a Uber like app) to travel from Baron Residence Bangkok to my first hostel called Oh Bangkok Hostel, closer to the touristy Khao San Road. By the time we got to the hostel it was mid afternoon. The lobby area was nice, but while […]

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  • Day 28 – Bangkok

    Today was another day of planning our Thailand master plan. Nothing really happened to report. We walked around Bangkapi near our accommodation and ended up having dinner at the same place as last night since the owner was so friendly and the food was delicious. Feeling regret since we should do more planning in advanced, […]

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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 22 to 26 – Family Time

    Over the next few days we just said bye to family around the country as we prepared to fly to Hong Kong. However on the 16th of September (Day 24) one day before we fly off a friend told us about Typhoon Mangkhut which was on its way to Hong Kong. After much deliberation we […]

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