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Getting Around Bangkok

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

The good thing about getting around Bangkok is that there are so many options, and local transport is extremely cheap compared with western countries.  The biggest problem is the traffic, More… →

Posted in Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged Bangkok, boats, ferry, Saen Saep, taxis, transport, tuk-tuks | Leave a reply

How to get a Chinese tourist visa in Chiang Mai

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — 23 Comments ↓

Getting a Chinese tourist visa in Chiang Mai I originally planned on getting our Chinese visas in Hong Kong – it was supposed to be quite easy.  But then I More… →

Posted in China, Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged application, Chiang Mai, China, consulate, visa | 23 Comments ↓

Self-Catering in Australia

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

How to save money by self-catering in Australia When I was first estimating the likely costs of our Australia trip I allowed AU$50 per day for food for the 2 More… →

Posted in Accommodation, Australia, Food, Places, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged cook, dining, food, restaurant, self-cater, supermarket | Leave a reply

Flight sites – Why I book direct with the airline

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

A while ago I tested some of the many flight search sites that are on the internet.  Some were dire and some useful, but none was great to the extent More… →

Posted in Transport, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged airlines, Flight search engines | Leave a reply

How to Extend a Thai Tourist Visa in Chiang Mai in 2016

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Mrs Vagabond — 2 Comments ↓

Visa regulations in Thailand seem to change every other month, the official government websites are not very informative even when they are in English, and each immigration office seems to More… →

Posted in Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged Chiang Mai, immigration, Thailand, visa extension | 2 Comments ↓

Getting a Thai tourist visa in Kuala Lumpur

Posted on November 27, 2015 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

The Thai tourist visa situation changed on 12 November 2015, so all references on the internet to double and triple entry visas are now obsolete. The only tourist visas issued More… →

Posted in Malaysia, Places, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged embassy, Kuala Lumpur, Thai visa, Thailand | Leave a reply

Bottled water at KLIA2

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

Like most budget travellers we normally buy bottled water to take on flights, but when it comes to buying water at KLIA2 there’s a problem. You can’t buy bottled water More… →

Posted in Malaysia, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged KLIA2, water | Leave a reply

Getting an Indian tourist visa in Bangkok

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

Like many long term travellers, we had been planning to get an Indian tourist visa in Bangkok – at least for 3 months if we couldn’t score a 6-month one.  More… →

Posted in India, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged 2015, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, India, Thailand, visa | Leave a reply

Lessons learned from our Bali burglary

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

We were burgled while staying in a rented cottage just outside Ubud in Bali.  We lost all our laptops and tablets, a substantial amount of cash, our driving licences and More… →

Posted in On the road, Security, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged burglary, lessons, precautions, recovery, theft | Leave a reply

Getting a Myanmar Visa in Bangkok

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Mrs Vagabond — Leave a reply

The main reason we were in Thailand was to get a Myanmar visa in Bangkok.  Getting visas is never fun, but this was the least fun we’d had for a More… →

Posted in Journey log, Myanmar, Thailand, Travel tips and snippets | Tagged Bangkok, Myanmar, Thailand, visa | Leave a reply

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