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Date: 26th April 2012
tips and recommendations
Hi Andy and Nicola, happy to give you tips and recommendations - we'll send you a message with details. Feb is a good time to visit, the weather should be nice!
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
tips and recommendations
Hi Andy and Nicola, happy to give you tips and recommendations - we'll send you a message with details. Feb is a good time to visit, the weather should be nice!
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 26th April 2012
Fingers crossed!
Hellooo! Looking at it statistically, the number of flights we do chances are something will go wrong at some point but we do actually have our fingers crossed that our bad luck concerning flights is over! Let us know your plans closer to the time, we would love to meet up with you and catch up! xx
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Fingers crossed!
Hellooo! Looking at it statistically, the number of flights we do chances are something will go wrong at some point but we do actually have our fingers crossed that our bad luck concerning flights is over! Let us know your plans closer to the time, we would love to meet up with you and catch up! xx
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 26th April 2012
What a tale!
Wow, we are headed to Koh Samui in Feb next year for a wedding (Staying at the 'Peace Resort') and after reading that I think we will be looking at car hire rather than moped! Would you be able to pass on the details of the guy you used? Also any recommendations on things to do/places to visit? We are short on time so will only have about 5 days there.
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What a tale!
Wow, we are headed to Koh Samui in Feb next year for a wedding (Staying at the 'Peace Resort') and after reading that I think we will be looking at car hire rather than moped! Would you be able to pass on the details of the guy you used? Also any recommendations on things to do/places to visit? We are short on time so will only have about 5 days there.
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 25th April 2012
Glad all was ok
Hi guys Good to hear what you are both up to. Sorry to hear you had a bit of a bad time with Paul but it sounds like he was very well cared for both in the hospital and by you both so hopefully it didn't spoil his holiday too much.. that scar will be an everlasting reminder though! Hope you are both great, we are heading over to Asia in January so maybe we'll bump into you again! Fingers crossed that is the last of your bad luck for a good long while xx
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Glad all was ok
Hi guys Good to hear what you are both up to. Sorry to hear you had a bit of a bad time with Paul but it sounds like he was very well cared for both in the hospital and by you both so hopefully it didn't spoil his holiday too much.. that scar will be an everlasting reminder though! Hope you are both great, we are heading over to Asia in January so maybe we'll bump into you again! Fingers crossed that is the last of your bad luck for a good long while xx
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Date: 25th April 2012
Eventful holidays
Well we would have definitely preferred an uneventful holiday but despite everything we still had a good time and spent lots of family time together. Ahh, those fabled tales of the Samui of old...unfortunately everywhere changes but at least it's still possible to find a little slice of heaven even on a developed island.
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Eventful holidays
Well we would have definitely preferred an uneventful holiday but despite everything we still had a good time and spent lots of family time together. Ahh, those fabled tales of the Samui of old...unfortunately everywhere changes but at least it's still possible to find a little slice of heaven even on a developed island.
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 25th April 2012
Agree...never travel without insurance
Exactly, Shane and this has highlighted to us how essential travel insurance is. The scar looks a lot better now, but that spider had us a little bit scared!
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Agree...never travel without insurance
Exactly, Shane and this has highlighted to us how essential travel insurance is. The scar looks a lot better now, but that spider had us a little bit scared!
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 25th April 2012
Double Ouch.....but at least you are all still in one piece :)
Sounds like you had a barrel of laughs :/ Why can't my holidays ever be this eventful.... I always get turbulence free flights and hire bikes that work....although I did once end up in a ditch after swerving round a cow in India......anyway, I hope Paul is recovering well. Yup, gave Chavy Chaweng a miss completely and sadly it seems that Lamai is going in exactly the same direction. I was chatting with a fellow teacher the other day who is in his 60s. He was telling me wonderful stories of an untouched Ko Samui that he visited back in 1973.
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Double Ouch.....but at least you are all still in one piece :)
Sounds like you had a barrel of laughs :/ Why can't my holidays ever be this eventful.... I always get turbulence free flights and hire bikes that work....although I did once end up in a ditch after swerving round a cow in India......anyway, I hope Paul is recovering well. Yup, gave Chavy Chaweng a miss completely and sadly it seems that Lamai is going in exactly the same direction. I was chatting with a fellow teacher the other day who is in his 60s. He was telling me wonderful stories of an untouched Ko Samui that he visited back in 1973.
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 25th April 2012
If you cannot afford insurance, you cannot afford to travel!
Sorry to read about what happened to Paul, but he was lucky to have a loving family around him at that difficult time. Glad that he will make a full recovery, but that scar is even scarier looking than that "horribly poisonous" spider!
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If you cannot afford insurance, you cannot afford to travel!
Sorry to read about what happened to Paul, but he was lucky to have a loving family around him at that difficult time. Glad that he will make a full recovery, but that scar is even scarier looking than that "horribly poisonous" spider!
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 24th April 2012
flight bad luck!
Well until the last 6 months we had never had anything like this happen to us either with flights. Today, for instance we had another incident...we ended up circling the airport for 30 minutes as a military plane had to make an emergency landing. Maybe we are now jinxed with flights?!
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
flight bad luck!
Well until the last 6 months we had never had anything like this happen to us either with flights. Today, for instance we had another incident...we ended up circling the airport for 30 minutes as a military plane had to make an emergency landing. Maybe we are now jinxed with flights?!
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 24th April 2012
:)
Geez, you have been on some scary flights. Am I just lucky, or are the experiences you had the usual... Hope the rest of your trip is a bit less eventful, in the bad luck areas of travel. :)
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:)
Geez, you have been on some scary flights. Am I just lucky, or are the experiences you had the usual... Hope the rest of your trip is a bit less eventful, in the bad luck areas of travel. :)
From Blog: Emergency Landing...Dislocation...Fracture...not a good way to start a holiday
Date: 24th February 2012
Nice blog! I've been wanting to visit Hong Kong for years, still haven't made it. Maybe next year. The zig-zagging was something I experienced in Bulgaria especially, for some reason. It is indeed very infuriating, I can perfectly relate to your sentiments. Cheers, Jens
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Nice blog! I've been wanting to visit Hong Kong for years, still haven't made it. Maybe next year. The zig-zagging was something I experienced in Bulgaria especially, for some reason. It is indeed very infuriating, I can perfectly relate to your sentiments. Cheers, Jens
From Blog: Zig-zag like a Hong Konger
Date: 24th February 2012
My feeling is that you've toned this down - it is far worse than this in mainland cities those people are so very uncivil - you left out that even single walkers will snap their heads sideways to pretend they do not see you. You're supposed to think, oh my god, they are gonna run into me! I better move! Nope. I carried my bag in front of me and let them smack into it. The bag also helped me get off the Line One subway in Beijing.
From Blog: Zig-zag like a Hong Konger
My feeling is that you've toned this down - it is far worse than this in mainland cities those people are so very uncivil - you left out that even single walkers will snap their heads sideways to pretend they do not see you. You're supposed to think, oh my god, they are gonna run into me! I better move! Nope. I carried my bag in front of me and let them smack into it. The bag also helped me get off the Line One subway in Beijing.
From Blog: Zig-zag like a Hong Konger
Date: 3rd February 2012
one day we will meet!
Ha, well you have almost missed flights (and actually missed flights!) way more than us...makes us feel a little bit better. We are surprised that it hasn't happened before now for us! Looking forward to your blogs from your next trip :)
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one day we will meet!
Ha, well you have almost missed flights (and actually missed flights!) way more than us...makes us feel a little bit better. We are surprised that it hasn't happened before now for us! Looking forward to your blogs from your next trip :)
From Blog: This has never happened before…honest!
Date: 3rd February 2012
MBK food court!
You definitely have to try the MBK food court...it's great. Particularly good is the vegetarian food stall and the one to the right of it (look for the escalators in the middle and they are opposite those). Although we once got fried rice with green curry paste from the one to the right of the veggie place, it made our eyeballs sweat and us cry, so we don't recommend that ;) Hope you are having fun in Thailand!
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MBK food court!
You definitely have to try the MBK food court...it's great. Particularly good is the vegetarian food stall and the one to the right of it (look for the escalators in the middle and they are opposite those). Although we once got fried rice with green curry paste from the one to the right of the veggie place, it made our eyeballs sweat and us cry, so we don't recommend that ;) Hope you are having fun in Thailand!
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Date: 3rd February 2012
Hello to the Clarkes!
Thank you for the comment. There is a feature on this website where we can convert the blogs we have written into a proper book with photos and everything...it would be a very big book! Hope you are all well xx
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Hello to the Clarkes!
Thank you for the comment. There is a feature on this website where we can convert the blogs we have written into a proper book with photos and everything...it would be a very big book! Hope you are all well xx
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Date: 3rd February 2012
Queue jumping really annoys us!
Ha, well we hate queue jumping and when people do it we definitely send them to the back of the queue. It's sooo not British to jump the queue...people should realise they should never do that to a Brit otherwise we are likely to go all crazy on their arse about etiquette and manners (yes, we have done this before!)
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Queue jumping really annoys us!
Ha, well we hate queue jumping and when people do it we definitely send them to the back of the queue. It's sooo not British to jump the queue...people should realise they should never do that to a Brit otherwise we are likely to go all crazy on their arse about etiquette and manners (yes, we have done this before!)
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Date: 3rd February 2012
Flying the poo flag for the UK!
We never thought of it like that, we'll try and keep up the good work and not let the UK down ;). Hope you are both well and enjoyed your time off for Tet.
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Flying the poo flag for the UK!
We never thought of it like that, we'll try and keep up the good work and not let the UK down ;). Hope you are both well and enjoyed your time off for Tet.
From Blog: Food, food and more food...can you guess we like our food?
Date: 1st February 2012
Good Tour
Nice photos. I'll be going there in September so now after seeing these pics it makes me more anxious to go there and experience the beauty of this country =)
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Good Tour
Nice photos. I'll be going there in September so now after seeing these pics it makes me more anxious to go there and experience the beauty of this country =)
From Blog: This has never happened before…honest!
Date: 31st January 2012
Cool entry...as always!
Guys, we are actually going to end up meeting...one day! Love your run for your flight...my two best....35 minutes to the airport...in JFK, for a New York-Tokyo in December 2001 , made it to the plane, still don't know how!....Getting to the airport in Phuket...is there a flight earlier?...yes sir, but do you have any luggage...no Mam.... than run, the flight is closing boarding in 2 minutes....to the best ever...got stuck in a traffic jam-cum accident in Saigon...with lots of bags...and a plane to HK...called the airport staff...don't worry, we hold the plane for you...sure, but the plane depart in 45 minutes and we are not moving...it's ok sir, just be here 15 minutes before the flight...never made it that day to the airport...but wow, that was a reply from Cathay! Really hope to see you soon guys...
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Cool entry...as always!
Guys, we are actually going to end up meeting...one day! Love your run for your flight...my two best....35 minutes to the airport...in JFK, for a New York-Tokyo in December 2001 , made it to the plane, still don't know how!....Getting to the airport in Phuket...is there a flight earlier?...yes sir, but do you have any luggage...no Mam.... than run, the flight is closing boarding in 2 minutes....to the best ever...got stuck in a traffic jam-cum accident in Saigon...with lots of bags...and a plane to HK...called the airport staff...don't worry, we hold the plane for you...sure, but the plane depart in 45 minutes and we are not moving...it's ok sir, just be here 15 minutes before the flight...never made it that day to the airport...but wow, that was a reply from Cathay! Really hope to see you soon guys...
From Blog: This has never happened before…honest!
Date: 30th January 2012
You expect common sense in Asia??? :P
Great blog! I\'ve been through Bangkok a few times but never out of the airport so next week will be a first for me and I\'ll be off to that MBK place to rid myself of loadsamoney so thanks for the heads up :D I\'ll let you into a secret about the Swedes. I lived in Sweden for 9 years and discovered that the only holiday destination most of them know is Phuket and the surrounding islands. I think it is programmed into their DNA at birth. I\'m curious about your next blog location....a chilly perspective...hmm...I\'m totally baffled!
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You expect common sense in Asia??? :P
Great blog! I\'ve been through Bangkok a few times but never out of the airport so next week will be a first for me and I\'ll be off to that MBK place to rid myself of loadsamoney so thanks for the heads up :D I\'ll let you into a secret about the Swedes. I lived in Sweden for 9 years and discovered that the only holiday destination most of them know is Phuket and the surrounding islands. I think it is programmed into their DNA at birth. I\'m curious about your next blog location....a chilly perspective...hmm...I\'m totally baffled!
From Blog: This has never happened before…honest!
Date: 30th January 2012
Good food choice!
That MBK food court is the best! The one at the top of the Big C that was burnt during the protests is great too for next time you're in Bangkok. Safe travels!
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Good food choice!
That MBK food court is the best! The one at the top of the Big C that was burnt during the protests is great too for next time you're in Bangkok. Safe travels!
From Blog: This has never happened before…honest!
Date: 30th January 2012
Wow
That's a one heck of a experience for you guys but what can we do, when we travel to difference countries or places expect the an expected and hope for the best that your itinerary will be somehow correct. There will be a lot of unforeseen events that will effect your travel but it will make it more exciting and challenging. http://www.travetel.com
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Wow
That's a one heck of a experience for you guys but what can we do, when we travel to difference countries or places expect the an expected and hope for the best that your itinerary will be somehow correct. There will be a lot of unforeseen events that will effect your travel but it will make it more exciting and challenging. http://www.travetel.com
From Blog: This has never happened before…honest!
Date: 28th January 2012
Hi Donna & Neil, great blog again i hope you are keeping them all to put in a book. We love following you on your travels. Take care and be safe Love The Clarkes x
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Hi Donna & Neil, great blog again i hope you are keeping them all to put in a book. We love following you on your travels. Take care and be safe Love The Clarkes x
From Blog: Something small and annoying visited us at the beach - No...not you Dave!
Date: 24th January 2012
Thanks for a walk down memory lane
Visited Lanta and Ngai back in Nov of 2000 - I remember that crazy swim through Emerald Cave! (and we had heaps of jellyfish too). Thanks for taking time to share...
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Thanks for a walk down memory lane
Visited Lanta and Ngai back in Nov of 2000 - I remember that crazy swim through Emerald Cave! (and we had heaps of jellyfish too). Thanks for taking time to share...
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