by Kyra | Jul 28, 2015 | Travel Notes
Transport There are over 16 million people living in Bangkok, and all of them have somewhere they need to go. They may take their car (at 360% tax on car purchases, you must be WEALTHY), taxi (slow, but cheap and reliable), motorbike taxi (exhilarating...
by Kyra | Jul 26, 2015 | Travel Notes
Early Saturday morning we hopped in the back of a minivan and went a couple hours west of Bangkok to the Amphawa floating market. We weren’t sure what to expect, but our stomachs were pleased to find a bunch of long-tail canal boats cooking freshly...
by Kyra | Jul 25, 2015 | Travel Notes
My first impression of Bangkok was a city packed full of silent well-dressed people in a hot, sticky environment stinking of exhaust fumes. It’s a lot more than that, surely, but that was my first impression as I hopped on the skytrain to meet Lauren and Emilie...
by Kyra | Jul 25, 2015 | Travel Notes
It’s 4.30am on Friday morning and I’m sitting in Singapore airport ready to board my flight to Bangkok. Even the airports are different over here. Once I was through to my gates, I went to the bathroom…and instead found a gaping hole in...
by Kyra | Jul 19, 2015 | Travel Notes
After a two hour journey past the biggest palm oil farms in the world, and a quick stop off the road at a delicious fruit stand, we finally arrived at the jetty to head off to Sea Gypsy Village at Pulau Sibu. It was a 15 minute boat ride with bewildering views of lush...
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