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You're not in Bangkok until you've taken a spin in a tuk-tuk.

On the 9th of July, 2016, I finished up yet another visit in Saraburi, to the north of Bangkok; it's become one of my most frequented areas over the past year or so. Following on from this, I was schedule for a trip up to Japan, but not due to start until the 15th. So, instead of flying home for 2-3 days, I booked into a hotel in Bangkok and took some time to recharge. My fiancée was able to find some cheap flights from Taiwan to Bangkok on Scoot / Nok Air, and so she joined me for a few days of tuk-tuks and noodles and shopping.

Just a Hint of Manila

From my latest visit to Cebu, I had to stop over for two nights in Manila before heading home. With a day trip out to a customer in the rugged mountains to the north, my company's local agent suggested I stay in Makati, just south of the city itself. I booked in at St. Giles Hotel for my first proper look at the country's capital.

Taking it Easy in Taichung

On 17 October 2015, we found ourselves in a bit of a predicament. Originally, my girlfriend and I had planned to head away for the night to see a famous traditional town in northern Taiwan called Jiufen. However, on the day, we struggled with long lines for buses and trains, and eventually decided not to go. So then, we began trying to book some accommodation very last minute for the night in Taichung. The problem was it was Taichung Bicycle Week (which seems to go for, like, 17 months), and so the masses of foreign bicycle industry companies had descended on Taichung and booked out all the decent accommodation well in advance. It took a bit of scrounging on TripAdvisor and CTrip, among other websites, but we eventually found a place to crash for the night in Taichung Ease Motel.