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Siem Reap: Markets & Museums
We have now been in Siem Reap four days, and we decided to stay another night and get a night bus to Phnom Penh so we could see more. We flew in from Bangkok early Thursday morning (our Thai visas required proof of onward travel, so we paid about £40 for a 45 minute flight, which… Continue reading
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The Nervous, Jetlagged User’s Guide to Bangkok (Part 2)
By the time you read this we will have started exploring Siem Reap and Angkor Wat in Cambodia, but I haven’t told you an almost-amusing anecdote about umbrellas, so let’s continue with Francesca’s Edited Highlights (part one is here). The Grand Palace The Grand Palace, a complex of buildings which used to be the royal family’s… Continue reading
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The Nervous, Jetlagged User’s Guide to Bangkok (Part 1)
Greetings from the veranda outside our hostel. There is a bazaar directly to my right, which stocks live gerbils, and a coffee shop to my left, which doesn’t. So far as I know. Thank you to everyone who saw my last post – if you’re family and you’re new here, please be aware that I… Continue reading
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South East Asia T-Minus – Wait We Arrived Yesterday
Afternoon, Internet. Or morning, if you’re in the UK. So, we made it to Bangkok! After a 4am alarm, two long haul flights, a delay at Muscat airport which I will look upon fondly when hell freezes over and several moments where I thought ‘I am really not sure about all this.’ (More on that… Continue reading
Francesca's Thoughts 