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Well here we are in New Zealand and so much we didn't tell you about Thailand. We had hopes of doing a "food blog", a "transportation blog", a "temple blog", a "beach blog" but too much time was spent traveling rather than hanging out in Internet cafes so we'll have to fill you in when we get home or maybe we'll keep writing the blog from home and it will be more as recollections than an "as we

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Upon leaving Chaing Mai, we traveled by train and bus for about 20 hrs to arrive in a place called Ranong on the west coast of Thailand. After that we spent time on an island off that same coast - the island's name was Ko Phayam. From there we went to the province and town of Phuket and visited several beaches. We are now in Krabi (pop 25,000) and will be taking an overnight bus tonight to

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Hello to everyone. We really appreciate all the comments you are sending either directly to the blog or to our email addresses. It really helps us feel connected to you which is very important to us. We are all missing the people at home. We are sorry not to be able to respond to you all individually but internet access is slow here and so we are mostly restricting ourselves to checking email to

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Just arrived back in Chaing Mai after spending 10 days west of Chiang Mai in the province of Mae Hong Son. This trip started with a 4 hr bus trip from Chaing Mai to Pai. Besides the scenery the bus culture is an experience in itself. This time we had more than a full house starting out. We have learned to arrive early at the bus terminal to get a ticket so that we have assigned seats, otherwise

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Warning: this post may have more detail on the massage than most people will be interested in but with both Liam and his girlfriend Brenda currently enrolled in a 2-yr training course for Massage Therapy in Canada, we figured they would appreciate the extra details. Since our last post, we've had a traditional Thai massage. You can't walk down a street in the neighbourhood where we are staying

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Well we ended up spending 6 nights in Chiang Rai. It was a nice little city with enough to do but not too busy. Except for one night we stayed in a place called Mae Kok Villa - villa was definitely a stretch but it was adequate and cheap (210 BHT which translates in about $7 CDN). Now before you start thinking "Wow!, imagine paying $7 dollars for a room in a villa", let me describe those

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We thought it was time to do a "subject" related post on the topic of the animals in Thailand. Well the first is the dogs. I think we already told you that there are many dogs in Thailand. Well that perception is still strong. David was doing some yoga in the garden of the last guesthouse where we stayed and looked down to see six (6) dashounds (sp?) watching him. They all had there own little

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I think our last posting talked about how we spent Christmas Day with Nancy Peters in the mountains of Phu Kha. From these mountains we drove to another range and a popular Thai tourist attraction called Pu Chi Fah (1700 meters). This formation is on the border between Thailand and Laos. It is a place where people go to see the "sea of clouds". You climb to the mountain before sunrise with

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Thanks to all of you concerned about us during the recent disaster here in Thailand. In particular thanks to Christine, Meghan and Barbara who sent comments via the blog. David talked to Marion and Stan earlier today, so they are reassured. We are watching the BBC news while we write this posting. It sounds bad - about 25,000 dead in all countries concerned. We feel as separate from it as you

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We are just getting the news from the Globe and Mail website about the disaster in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. It has been hard for us to know the news exactly because the TV stations are in Thai where we are now in Chiang Khong. This is in the north which is a long way away from Phuket and other areas in the south of Thailand where the tsumani hit. It seems that about 400

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We have been in Chiang Mai for 3 nights now after coming by train from Bangkok. We are staying in a guesthouse called Baan Jongcome on Tae Phae Rd., Soi 2, which means that we are in a little lane called lane #2 off the Tae Phae Rd. It's quite noisy by times so we are all using our earplugs. Noises include motorcycles/tuks tuks, dogs (and more dogs), roosters, chanting, singing, musical

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Oops, that should be Vancouver & Bangkok. We're not confused! Well we've made it halfway 'round the world. The flight over the rockies and the prairies was wonderful particularly for David and Courtney since this was their first time seeing this part of Canada. We also had a good look at the north mountains from Stanley Park as we spent most of the day walking around the park (8km) seeing totems

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We are getting closer to take off time. Yesterday we took a trip to Halifax to buy knapsacks and second hand books and clothes. David also splurged on a "high-tech" long sleeve shirt - it's skin tight and light but suppose to keep you warm while "wicking away" the moisture. Liam helped us pick out backpacks at MEC. It's strange to think that this little compartment on our back will hold

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