Southeast Asia '24

Southeast Asian Odyssey '24

Starting out in Kuala Lumpur, with our sights set on up to three months in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and the northern part of Vietnam we couldn’t visit last year on account of the season.  (Also available without the blather, at anassandadonkey.com.)

On the road to Island Resort, Khao Sok, Thailand
A day of (enforced) rest
Perhaps telling that the most interesting image I can come up with is of the egg & banana roti I had for lunch. It’s been that kind of day. Really not too much to say about...
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Mueang Surat Thani - Talat, Thailand
03.08 on the fast train to Bangkok
I never was much good at sleeping in weird environments. And the overnight train to Bangkok definitely qualifies, at least for me. Not that it’s bad; quite the opposite. Even...
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Museum Siam, Bangkok, Thailand
Good morning Bangkok
In the event, it ended up being not too bad a night on the train. Some long sleepless patches, but I’d expected that, and overall I probably got a good six or seven hours, which...
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The Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Grand trip to the palace, Gromit
In truth, The Grand Palace is a bit overwhelming. It’s just so vast, and so intricate, and so much. One staggering building has another nestling right next to it, and behind them,...
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Rama VIII bridge, Bangkok, Thailand
Some things old, something new
Though we’ve spent the day visiting wonderful sites from old Bangkok, I can’t resist heading today with this, Rama VIII bridge, which is just downstream from where we catch...
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Siam Paragon shopping center, Bangkok, Thailand
From hot to shop to RIP flip-flop
After two days battling the tourist hordes, doing the culture innit, and gasping in the sun, we decided it was time for a day of (at least partial) rest. Also V needed a new t-shirt. So...
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