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A Practical Guide to Transportation in Mandalay & Surroundings (Myanmar)
What surprised us a lot during our stay in Mandalay was the size of the city. It is IMMENSE! Walking from one street to another requires a considerable effort for someone like me who : hates to walk hates heat hates walking in the heat We therefore suggest a few ways to make your trip to Mandalay easier. The rates are fromAugust 2016 and have nothing to do with Yangon (feel free to leave me a comment to update the rates – for other readers). Since the guides only give Yangon info & rates, I thought I should give you the Mandalay rates which have NOTHING to see. Mandalay is…
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DIY: circular scarf with secret pocket for Passeport, money etc.
This type of scarf is particularly suitable for travelers who wish to hide their passport. Because pickpockets will try to steal bags, wallets, smartphones etc. Nobody (yet) thinks of stealing scarves.You need :– Opaque fabric (I used cotton, but you can use sweat/ fleece for more warmth)- A zipper (or invisible zipper if you know how to mount this type of closure) Cut a rectangle of 60cmx100cm (for the scarf) + a rectangle of 30cmx50cm (for the pocket) Add the zippered pocket. Technique explained here :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1pQ19a8pMM I chose to attach the pocket to the scarf via 2 zigzag points at the bottom of the pocket. Close the circular scarf and…
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17 days in Thailand: Our itinerary, Country Travel Guide & Budget
Thailand has been added to the list for a simple reason of cost: the plane ticket between Kathmandu and Mandalay is too expensive. Going through Bangkok reduces this cost by -50%. That’s how we found ourselves for two weeks in Thailand, a country we have never visited before but from which we heard so much good that we had to check it out for ourselves. We went there in August 2016, in the middle of the monsoon. Here is our itinerary for 17 days Bangkok (2 nights) : Late arrival in the evening. We could only visit Wat Po. The rest of the time was spent shopping, eating and eating…
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Krabi (Thailand) – false airs of Halong Bay
Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary The “joint ticket” bought via our hotel allows us to reach Krabi from Koh Phangan in 5h30. We get up early, the cab of the boat company waits for us at 6 am. On the way, we cross a Canadian who stops the cab. She is in her fifties, she travels alone, she goes like us to Krabi but has reserved neither cab nor boat. A true adventurer! In front of so much nerve, a Swedish woman next to us asks her how she would have done if there was no cab, to which she answers that there…
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Cancel your services in 3 clicks: Test and review of resilier.fr
Preparing a world tour means planning the itinerary, reading travel guides, buying equipment, dreaming about the images of our future destinations, … But it’s also a lot of things a bit more annoying: refurbishing the apartment before giving it back, selling and giving away 10 years of accumulated objects, … One of those annoying tricks: the cancellation of all the services that we are happy to take out of our bank account every month. In our case, I have for the moment listed : SFR box subscription Autolib Subscription Keep Cool Sports Club Membership Pathé Cinema Subscription For each of these services, you’ll have to find the cancellation conditions, write…
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Koh Phangan (Thailand) – a little piece of paradise
The boat Koh Tao – Koh Phangan is late. It’s always a bazaar at the port, people leave Koh Tao to go to a dozen of tourist sites, but somehow, as if by magic, all these people still manage to get on a boat that arrives safely We sit at the very top of the boat, our hair in the wind. It rains a little bit, it’s windy. We see very threatening clouds which finally remain far from Koh Phangan, our new paradise Part 1: Travel Diary Part 2: Practical Tips Part 1: Travel Diary Arrived on Koh Phangan island, we take a mini bus (called a cab anyway) for…
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Test and review of the Traveller’s Mail Service
How can you continue to receive your postal mail while you are traveling between South Africa, New Zealand and Argentina? I have tested the ” Courrier du Voyageur ” service for you. Even if nowadays, postal mail is becoming increasingly rare, there are still a few diehards. And often, these diehards are important and/or boring: bank, insurance, administration, … (for example, I am fighting for the restitution of my housing deposit by registered letters). Since the beginning of our world tour, we change our address every 48 hours, so it is essential to keep a fixed correspondence address. I had considered asking my family to receive my mail and scan…
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How to dress in India: A guide for women
In India, if you can reveal your belly, your back, you must avoid revealing your shoulders, your knees, and forget the too tight or transparent clothes. Indians look at foreigners staring at them without blinking. Especially if they are blonde. It is better to dress in a discreet way and if possible to take the carriage intended for the women in the subway. Finding clothes adapted to the Indian heat while covering oneself as much as possible is quite difficult in Europe where as soon as the sun is shining, they sell us tank tops and mini-shorts. As a result, foreign tourists often arrive here with : long skirts up…
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Koh Tao (Thailand) – the snorkelling paradise
The trip from Bangkok to Koh Tao takes 11 hours, including waiting. We wait for an hour for our night bus at the station, without worrying too much however because it is raining and the delay is foreseeable. However, the organization is far from being their strong point. We have to harass several people to know which bus we take The ticket we have is an all inclusive ticket: bus to Chumphorn + boat to Koh Tao. The bus leaves Bangkok at 8pm with only one rest stop at midnight. It’s very comfortable, quiet but it’s very cold (air conditioning in Asia is always a big problem). Luckily we took…
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Le Bon Coin: 6 Tips for Sellers
As you know, we had to empty our apartment by selling most of our properties. Our biggest fear is to be forced to throw our belongings on the sidewalk the day we leave, because we can’t find new buyers. So, we took ourselves in advance to sell everything in our apartment on Le Bon Coin at the best price. Years of accumulation of various objects (useful or useless) have been passed in only 2 and a half months. This allowed us to finance part of our trip, to please the buyers who made good deals and above all NOT to pay a storage space of 100€/m3 during our world tour.…
