Not a bad view from the balcony

December 27th 2016
flashpacker noun 1. (Informal) a backpacker who has a considerable disposable income The above definition of "flashpacker" is from dictionary.com. I was surprised to actually see it in there! Most backpackers in SE Asia know the term. It basically means that you are traveling with backpacks but instead of staying in budget beach huts with a fan ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more

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Sharon and Scott

Born to travel

Scott and I have always been travellers at heart. We first met on the beach in Spain in 1995 and had what we thought was "just a holiday romance". We met again briefly a year later in Salzburg, Austria and then a few years later in Hawaii. At the time, I was working in Japan, and Scott was back in California after his two years in Barcelona, Spain. Together, we have left it all behind to backpack around the world, not once, not twice, but three times. Travel really is addictive! Each time, we'd quit our jobs, put our meager belongings into storage or sell what was too big to store, leave o... full info

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