Melanie's summer sabbatical
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Time for my final blog before flying back to Brum...have really enjoyed my 3 days of luxury and has been a fab way to relax and unwind after 25 days of backpacking, squat toilets, long minibus journeys, fantastic experiences and the opportunity to visit such amazing countries.
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Bangkok, Thailand
Time for my final blog before flying back to Brum...have really enjoyed my 3 days of luxury and has been a fab way to relax and unwind after 25 days of backpacking, squat toilets, long minibus…
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Bangkok, Thailand
Am now living it up in my luxury hotel in Bangkok for a few days - well deserved after our final 2 days in Cambodia as all we seemed to do was travel...on Thursday we spent 7 hours driving to …
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Battambang, Cambodia
My final blog from the kingdom of wonder as the locals call Cambodia. Our final afternoon in Siem Reapwas spent on board a boat travelling along Tonle Sap ( a large freshwater lake about 10km …
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Siem Reap, Cambodia
Another long day of travel - about 71/2 hours - as we headed for Siem Reap for 3 days. The journey was livened up by a stop at a village market where they serve fried crickets and spiders. We …
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Siam Reap, Cambodia
A lot of travel, temple visits, massages and non-existent internet access has meant I'm now on day 5 in Cambodia so lots to write about..
On Saturday 5 of us started the Cambodia trip via a pu…
ali not loving the idea of elephant ear fish... all sounds great tho - xxx
re: Ho Chi Min city, VietnamCarol Sounds like you're having a wonderful time. I'm really enjoying reading your blogs - keep them coming Love from Ben and I xx
re: Ho Chi Min city, Vietnamdebs hurd It all sounds great and very exotic!! Glad you are having fun. It was quite the B1 w/e and we needed you for gardening duties - although I feel you may prefer being on hols! Thinking of you!! Debs x
re: Hue, VietnamEllie Wow, Melanie, sounds like you're having an amazing time! non-stop adventure!!
re: Kuala Tehan, Malaysia- last visited
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- travel plan
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Taman Negara, Malaysia
- Hanoi, Vietnam
- Halong Bay, Malaysia
- Hue, Malaysia
- Hoi An, Malaysia
- Ho Chi Minh City, Malaysia
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Siem Reap/angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Battambang, Cambodia
- Bangkok, Thailand
debs Sounds great!!x