Daily Photo: Boarding a River Ferry. Bangkok, Thailand.

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Despite three visits to the city when we were in the region ten years ago we didn’t get to know Bangkok particularly well. Then we stuck to the Khao San Road area each time we made a return, only venturing further afield to tick off the tourist ‘must sees’. On this occasion we haven’t done a thing tourism wise but have extended our range and seen more of the Big Mango by staying in and exploring some of Bangkok’s different neighbourhoods. We found that each has its own advantages and drawbacks.

Daily Photo: Reclining Buddha. Bangkok, Thailand.

Thanks to the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Bangkok is a great place to top up on your vaccinations for travelling further afield in Southeast Asia or for future trips to other parts of the world.

Daily Photo: Walking Market. Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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Daily Photo: Glass Bottom Boat. Nr Dahab, Egypt.

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The Khao San Road is frequently derided as not being the real Thailand but Thailand is made up of many component parts and some of them, like it are not, are crawling with tourists.