Tag: Southeast Asia
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Dispatches from Thailand…Vol. 2
Many of you may remember the entertaining and cumbersome first installment of my week-long journey through Thailand. If you haven’t read yet, catch up here. Like I mentioned before, sometimes brutal honesty makes you plenty of enemies, but that is a risk I’m willing to take. ——————————————————————— The next morning we were awoken to the sound…
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Common Thai scams and how to avoid them
Somehow I just lived through a whirlwind trip to Thailand in Southeast Asia for a week: yes a week. Between days-long flights, nasty airplane food and being dropped in another world, I was already ready to throw the towel in upon landing in Bangkok. I’ve seen Japan‘s airport. Yeah, I used the little fancy bidet…
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It’s official: 2012 is my RTW trip year
After much internal debating (Mainly of where to go, not whether or not I was going to go), I’ve officially embarked on my Round the World (RTW) trip. I’ve read Bootsnall’s articles about RTW trips, have followed many travel bloggers RTW trips and never thought this was possible for someone like me. I watched television…
Jill Meinecke 