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(posted by Emily)  1 January 2015 Chiang Mai and Krabi (Ao Nang), Thailand When we last left you, we were off to Chiang Mai airport in the wee hours of the morning. Our flight to Krabi was at 6am, so instead of sleeping for three hours in a hotel and heading to the airport, we decided to pick up our backpacks and venture that way immediately after the NYE celebrations.  How did we get to the airport? You guessed it. We walked! We arrived at the airport around 2:30/3am, and camped out on some padded seats for about an hour and a half until security opened. Not the best night's sleep, but it was a free night's sleep.  headed to security, around 5am We were on another Air Asia flight to Krabi, a southern beach destination on the west coast of Thailand, on the Andaman Sea. Rick and I both managed to sleep for the whole flight, and before we knew it, we had arrived.  In keeping with the other Air Asia flights we had been on, we had to board a sm...

(posted by Emily) Tuesday 22 July On Tuesday, we decided to head in to London for one more day. Malcolm was going in to the city to visit his brother, and was kind enough to pick us up in Roydon and take us along. We enjoyed seeing the smaller towns along the way, and all of the green spaces.  We decided to head up to Camden Lock Market for lunch. After weighing the options, we decided to try Falafel Time. After filling our wraps with a little bit of everything (no olives for me, please!) and getting them crisped up on the panini press, it was time to enjoy.  We did a little shopping, and headed up to a meeting I had scheduled near Borough Market/London Bridge. There was time to stop for some happy hour drinks (sorry, no pictures!), but we decided that mostly, we felt fulfilled. There weren't any other sights we wanted to see, no restaurants we hadn't hit yet. So, we got back on the train to Roydon and walked up to the Bengal Lancer for din...

(posted by Emily)  Friday 11 July Daily Step Count: 28,525 When planning our trip to Paris, there were two day trips we were interested in making out of the city. Our options were to see Versailles , or to go to Giverny where Monet's garden is located. In retrospect, we could have probaby done both, but chose Versailles this time. I said to Rick that now we just have an excuse to come back! Rick had done a good amount of research on how to be successful (and efficient) on a trip to Versailles. We wanted to be sure to be there before the palace opened, and knew ahead of time to expect some Disneyland-style lines.  walking up the road to the palace The first line we noticed was the security line--most everyone walking up to the palace immediately gets into that line, assuming it is the ticket line. We followed the signs for tickets, and didn't have to wait at all. I enjoyed the many stylized fleur de lis on the wallpaper in that portion of the building....