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2nd July 2022

Claire Townsend
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The book
I just came from cave lodge and wished I had seen your blog first. I started reading the book on the first night, and because it’s the rainy season, there was only 2 people staying there- me and another solo lady traveller. It poured the entire time and the electricity kept going out from the rains. I’d love to go back in high season and see more of the caves. The herbal sauna was amazing and it’s a great place for r & r as long as you read the book after!
From Blog: Cave Lodge - just don't read the book!
24th December 2016

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

A decade of fun, memories and adventures!
Good luck on the new blog....we will miss you being a part of the travelblog family. All the best! Live life to the fullest.
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
25th December 2016

Rat on the Road
Kris and Kate

Travelblog family
Oh we don't plan to leave the Travelblog family! We'll still be around. Merry Chrismas to both of you.
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
16th December 2016

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

10 years and still kicking goals
Dear Kris & Kate. I still think you have the best blogging name...but you know i think that! Keep kicking goals and dancing the fandango. Web masters...gotta check that out! Always dreamed about teaching English in China when I hang up my shingle. Best wishes from the Dancing Ones.
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
19th December 2016

Rat on the Road
Kris and Kate

Cheers Dancing Guys
Well if you decide on teaching in China, hopefully we'll have the resource to help you. Have a great Christmas and New Year!
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
16th December 2016

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

Congratulations on your tenth year of...
traveling the world, teaching English as a second language, and sharing your adventures and advice on Travelblog. I've "liked your FB page" of you new blog and hope your future entries get to me. Best wishes for this new website!
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
19th December 2016

Rat on the Road
Kris and Kate

Thanks
We'll make sure our updates get to you. Have a great Christmas and New Year!
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
14th December 2016

Ali
Ali Watters

Here's to 10 years!
And to the next 10! who knows where that will take you. Was it 2009 we met up in KL? - that 7 years has flown by. Good luck with the new blog, you get more freedom going the self hosted route, allows you to build out something completely bespoke.
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
19th December 2016

Rat on the Road
Kris and Kate

Thanks Ali
Yes, it must be about 7 years since our drinks and curry in KL. Lots have happened since then I think. Hope you and the family are well and have a merry Christmas!
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
13th December 2016

Yeti
non-member comment

Congratulations and another thank you
Hi Guys, A very happy fortieth... that now - sadly - seems so young. Total respect, of course, for your traveling longevity. Sorry for our slow response to, and more thanks for, your second response re teaching abroad. They were much appreciated. Here's to so many more years. We'll be back back on the road at the end of next year, hopefully... and pursuing those teaching qualifications... All the best to you, thanks again, Andy and Ali.
From Blog: Our Ten Year Travelling and Blogging Anniversary - and an Announcement
8th December 2016
Enjoying our Castro's mojitos

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Enjoy life and don’t let the bastards get you down!
Great to hear your update Kris. Now for your Thai sojourn. I remember our brief meeting in HCMC in Vietnam with the Travel Camel. We toasted with a Czech beer as I recall. Say Hi to Kate from the Dancing Ones.
From Blog: Meanwhile, back in Laos...
7th December 2016
Aerobics is still done next to the river in the evening

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Vientiane
We were there while the boat festival was going on and the city was backed. It was fantastic.
From Blog: Meanwhile, back in Laos...
7th December 2016

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

One country to go...
Well you have a couple more weeks to get over to China to complete your year of re-visits :)
From Blog: Meanwhile, back in Laos...
7th May 2016

Dancing Dave
David Hooper

Wonderful
Wonderful to hear from you with this latest report. We wonder in Oz how it is for Kris & Kate in the Ukraine so take this blog as good news. Kiev looks and sounds great. Thanks for the update.
From Blog: Kiev - statues, art, protests and giant Disney characters
7th May 2016
St Michael's cathedral

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Good to see you blogging again
It's been far too long since you published. Kiev has been on our list but we'll have to move it up the list a bit. Thanks for a good read.
From Blog: Kiev - statues, art, protests and giant Disney characters
25th April 2016

zweiindians
Tulika

safari!
Looks like you had a great time there. We are going to Kuger in couple of days for 2 day safari and then panaroma drive. Lions on the road sound scary, I am still skeptical how they allow visitors with no wildlife experience (like us) to drive in those tiny cars!
From Blog: Is that a leopard or just a giraffe's bum?
22nd March 2015

Home and Away
Bob Carlsen

I usually don't buy from the tourist shops...
but I had to buy a rug in Bukhara as how could I pass up such an opportunity. And it wasn't really a tourist shop...I hardly saw any in the city. The rug cost almost as much as my entire trip! By the way, how could you pass up the Turkish Delights. The Cadbury Turkish delight is not sold in the USA, so whenever my son comes home from Wales he brings us a years supply which, of course, is consumed in a week...ok, less.
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
22nd March 2015

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

Getting caught up
Glad you are getting caught up on your blogging. Every place we go I look longingly at the rugs. They are amazing. We did buy a small one in Nepal but there was a giant one in Greece that I wanted. I think Dancing Dave has bought many carpets in his travels. I would love to see them sometime. The beauty of Turkey and all the history beckons to us and we have not made it there yet. Hopefully soon.
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
22nd March 2015

traveltalesofawoollymammoth
Jo Roberts

Lovely Memories
Your blog brought back some wonderful memories for me from our visit to that area...... Istanbul airports hehehe I have now lost my Brit mentality of waiting and being patient, myself and the mammoth stick our elbows out and go for it now days!
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
22nd March 2015
Multiflavoured turkish delight

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Love!
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
22nd March 2015

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

That kinky bird man!
I must have read this wrong... so he made honking noises, then got a bunch of strangers with oiled hands to caress his hair, and then made more honking noises?? no wonder he had to have a fag afterwards! ;)
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
21st March 2015
The library at Ephesus

taracloud
Tara Cloud

What?--no baby lamb's neck jacket?
Love your shopping style and attitude! And so glad you heeded your mom's advise and booked it to the brothel--hope you scoped out those very communal toilets, too. Hope to see you on the runway in your next blog!
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
21st March 2015

Donna and Neil
Donna and Neil

Carpet buying on holiday
We had to laugh at your carpet experience, because when we were on holiday in Turkey, we did actually buy a Turkish rug! Figuring out how to ship it back to the UK was a fun experience and until it was actually delivered, we didn't believe it would turn up! The turkish delight pics made us drool...love turkish delight!
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
21st March 2015

Rat on the Road
Kris and Kate

Carpets
Really, that's mad! We did ask ourselves who did it, but now we know. However, living in a Ukrainian grandma flat means we have a lot of carpets....l
From Blog: Ruins, carpets and other Turkish Delights.
2nd November 2014

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

5 Stars
Always good to mix some luxury into the travel plan and it sounds like it was a real bargain. Even better. Old Town sounds lovely.
From Blog: Warsaw

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It started in November 2006, when we quit our jobs, rented out our house, sold our belongings and set off in search of adventure in South East Asia. Backpacking around SE Asia followed, along with working with elephants in Pattaya, a TEFL course in Thailand, teaching in Bangkok, Madrid, Bournemouth.... "Where next?" you might ask. Well, the pull of the East was too great, so we hot-footed back to Thailand, and then onto Vietnam. We spent a year teaching in a language centre in Haiphong in the North of Vietnam. Then we went searching for the bright lights of the big city and taught ... full info
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