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June 20, 2012
2012 - Thailand Debbie Le Grange
Map of Thailand
June 20, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
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Bangkok, Ko Lanta, Krabi, Phi Phi, Chiang Mai
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Bangkok, Thailand
June 22, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Awesome holiday, but NOT a great start to the trip:
Carmen very sick on the flight to Bangkok via Mumbai on Jet airlines.
Maybe air sickness. She was literally lying on the floor while we lined up for passport control. No choice but to keep going.
Airport security hectic with guards standing with guns.
Charne sick too but poor thing just had to tag along with no attention cos Carmen was worse.
To add to that the family got separated.
Big dramas about a hand luggage backpack not having a tag on it. Then Nardus left his boarding pass at security and had to run back and fetch it. He nearly missed the plane while Debbie was trying to get sick Carmen and Charne onto plane in a state that we had to travel without Nardus....

Arrived in Bangkok, took Metro rail for the first time and then had to walk quite a distance to the hotel with luggage.
Arrived at East Makasan hotel exhausted and had to wait for room... Door to door 24...

* Nardus went exploring (Mongoosing) and girls swam in hotel pool.
* First ride on a tuk-tuk!
* Foot massages for the girls in the eveningRead more
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Rose Garden tour etc
June 23, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Rose Garden Tour of a cultural village outside Bangkok. 🐘 and culture show.
Street food and pancakes in the evening.
Nardus ate whole fish
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China Town
June 24, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Shopped in China Town and had a good bath with sucker fish that eat the dead skin off your feet. Charne not keen 😉 but Carmen gave it a go.
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Tablet Hunt in Bangkok
June 25, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
Day at leisure, exploring and on a serious mission to buy the girls tablets / ipads. Planning to buy with their own money so this is a serious affair. Decisions decisions.....
More pancakes of course :l
Burger King to Nardus's distress. Lol.Read more
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Dreamland amusement park
June 26, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Good fun with great pics but a mediocre, run down Park
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Dreamland amusement park 2
June 26, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
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Dreamland amusement park 3
June 26, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
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Dreamland amusement park 4
June 26, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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Ko Lanta
June 27, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Flew to Krabi and took a short ferry to Koh Lanta.
Crown Lanta Resort with bedroom onto swimming pool.
Very hilly resort with steep walk up to restaurants and to get to main pool. Debbie very ill and had to get golf cart to get up the hill.
We were there at off-season so beach looks horrid and full of seaweed and litter. Accommodation along the beach deserted.
The town itself not worth visiting. Overall not worth visiting again. Maybe different in peak season....Read more
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Ko Lanta, Krabi, Phi Phi,
June 27, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C
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Scooter
June 28, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Rented a scooter with a side car to go into town. Great fun.
Nardus spun around corners to fast we nearly toppled.
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Emerald cave
June 29, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Nardus and Charne went on awesome day trip to Emerald cave to snorkel.
Debbie stayed home ill and weather was so bad that Carmen couldn't risk the seasickness on the choppy water.
They say one of the best days ever so that gave them a totally different view of Loh Lanta.
They saw porcupine fish - gorgeous. Swam through 80m dark tunnel that opened in a crater with a small, beautiful beach. Loved every minute. Prob the highlight of their trip.Read more
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Villa in Ko Lanta
June 30, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Had problems with our room and so they upgraded us to the most AWESOME villa.
Own swimming pool, kitchen, lounge, jacuzzi overlooking the ocean. Amazing!
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More pics of our Villa
June 30, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
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Koh Phi Phi
July 1, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Moved into Phi Phi hotel near Ton sai Bay
Awesome hustle and bustle.
Beautiful sea and Harbour area.
Weather not great.
Debbie has weird chest infection. Antibiotics here we come...
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Scuba diving and shopping
July 2, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Weather not great. Too rough for girls to go out to sea. Swam in hotel pool that is open to the street.
Nardus went scuba diving in the morning.
We walked the narrow streets and shopped and ate pizza 🍕.
Hotel not a big win...Read more
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Krabi
July 4, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Took ferry to Krabi.
Centura Andi Devi Hotel. Stunning for girls cos of water slide into the pool. They made friends with British kids. Horrified at the swearing and blaspheming of these young children...Read more
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Shopping in Krabi
July 5, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Nardus and Charne set out on a serious shopping spree. Weather cloudy and wet
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Raley beach
July 6, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Most amazing day! Boat to islands. Snorkeling at 2 different places. Lunch on beach.
Walked around Raley and then stopped at stunning enclosed beach.
Literally swam into the ocean to reach an area of caves.
Walked around exploring and then jumped off a cliff into the ocean below. Debbie headed the pack!
One of our best family memories.
Charne # parcelinthecaveRead more
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Nardus scuba diving
July 7, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
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Chiang Mai
July 8, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
Moved into The Rim Chiang Mai
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Chiang Mai zoo
July 9, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Next on Charne's bucket list was to see a panda 🐼. We flew all the way to Northern Thailand to Chiang Mai to see the pandas!
Here at the zoo.
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More at the Zoo
July 9, 2012 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
At first we went to an area where a panda was sleeping way in the distance. We couldn't really see it and couldn't get close. Charne was so disappointed. We all tried to keep smiling but it was such a let down.
Then we passed by another area (nearly walked passed) and we saw this - gorgeous pandas from a meter away. Bliss...Read more
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Trip end
July 9, 2012