Let me start by telling you...I am not the backpacking kind. I've travelled extensively for work all over Europe and Uk and it's always been in Business Class. I consider myself a Hilton/Marriott type of girl so the thought of Hostel/Mixed Dorm fills me with dread. My other half is more of a Festival-Going-Tent-Dweller and is much more at home with the dirty and unwashed so you can imagine my reticence when "Him Indoors" suggests that we backpack around South East Asia. Well, fast forward two years and lets say whilst I haven´t exactly EMBRACED the idea, I have agreed! I came to the conclusion that it´s “Now or Never” to do it. Four months off work on holiday, adequate savings and no commitments means we are in a rather fortunate position of doing exactly as
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