Tag Archives: Mini-holidays – Last weekend, Louis and I explored a new area of Thailand. It’s far to the west, only 20 kms from the border of Burma, called Sangklaburi. The town is primarily composed of the Mon ethnic group, refugees from Burma. The original settlement was flooded over by the river when the Thai government put up a […]  Last weekend I had the pleasure of going on a weekend trip with Louis, our first trip just the two of us. We went to a national park four hours south of Bangkok, on the Gulf of Thailand. It was a beautiful place to spend the weekend because it offered camping (what Louis wanted) and […]  For my October holiday, I went to the Philippines with Erin. We contemplated going to the traveler’s enclave that is Boracay, but in the end opted to head off the tourist track. We went to Southern Luzon, to Legaspi and the Caramoan Peninsula. A very interesting week, it was!The first highlight was the town of […]  Well not really a jet set. We were wearing jeans. And we had backpacks. But we went to Singapore! I hadn’t seen my friend Alex since July, so Erin, Ushman and I went to visit her at her home. I also needed to get a new visa, so that worked to be a pretty good […]  My friend Alex invited myself and a couple other girlfriends from school to visit her home in Singapore. Her parents were going to be out of town so there would be enough space to stay with her and hang out with she and her grandma. So, last Wednesday, immediately after summer school ended, we all […] |
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