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Thailand: Phang Nga bay tour from Phang Nga town
I thought I was being clever heading all the way up to the top of Phang Nga bay. I knew there were boat tours offered from both Phuket and Krabi, but since they started 45 miles south of the bay, I figured they’d cost more than one starting from the top of the bay. While…
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Reducing plastic water bottle use by using a sterilization pen.
I’m not sure what people in Thailand drank before bottled water came along. Nowadays, almost every Thai drinks bottled water of one sort or another, and all of it comes in plastic. I’ve been on a personal mission for almost a year to rid myself of as much plastic as I can, and this is…
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Almost abandoning ship
I had a romantic notion of island hopping through dramatic karst rock formations by ferry when I opted to take the ferry instead of the train from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, but I had begun to sour on the idea. As I mentioned in a previous story, the high speed ferries of Thailand required that…
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Thank you, I am a Thai lady boy
I’d obviously slept in late because as I walked into the shared hostel bathroom with a mouthful of toothpaste, I found all the sinks to be occupied. I stood there doing some extra swishing, thinking it couldn’t be too bad to give my teeth some extended exposure to the fluoride intentionally absent from my Oregon…
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Getting to Thailand
The ferry trip from Malaysia to Thailand was uneventful, which is disappointing for me to convey since I normally love ferry trips. Ferry trips in Asia differ from the ones I’ve taken in the US. In Asia it is more like riding a long distance bus. You are assigned a seat and expected to stay…
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Why to choose a motorcycle taxi to get around Bangkok
I had just come off a long bus ride from the Thai coast, the last hour of which was spent crawling through Bangkok traffic. Being a bicyclist, I’ve never built up a tolerance for sitting in traffic since I can easily weave my way through gridlock. It’s one of my favorite things about commuting by…
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