Author: thelittlebigexplorers
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Mango Tango (and our engagement story!)
Located in the trendy district of Nimman in Chiang Mai is Mango Tango – a restaurant who absolutely specialise in delivering the best in mango goodness to the people of Chiang Mai. Established in 2001 it has been serving some of the best mango Sticky rice in town ever since! I found out about the…
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Muay Thai
Thai boxing is a sport that I have always been aware of – it’s something you cannot escape being aware of in Thailand with it seemingly being on television 24/7. It is, however, something neither Sarah or I paid too much attention to. This was until we were in Chiang Mai and after spending a…
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Hoi An, our favourite pictures
We spent one day wandering around the stunning old town of Hoi An in Vietnam. It was one of the nicest places that we have ever been, the architecture was stunning and allow the vibrant colours were quite something to see. Here are our favourite photos of our time there.
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Thai food, our top 5
Our top 5 Thai dishes Thai food is addictive – seriously addictive. Here are some of our favourite dishes that we took great pleasure devouring on this trip! 1. Pad Thai One of our absolute staple favourite Thai foods was Pad Thai – the combination of crunchy vegetables and peanuts along with tofu and noodles…
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Yogyakarta – the Water Palace and Kraton
Marked out on most tourist maps of Yogyakarta is the Kraton and the temptingly titled Water Palace. The descriptions boast the area to be a walled city within a city, housing many historical areas of interest and administrative buildings. Excited by the sound of this we made our way over to the Kraton, which, as…
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Borobudur – the stunning, the sad and the expensive…
A place that was firmly set in our travel plans since the very beginning of them was Borobudur
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Making friends and seeing some cool sights in Matram
After an incredible week on the Gili Islands we found ourselves in Mataram, the capital of Lombok. This was a place we had planned to spending roughly two nights and then to move on. These plans however got a little ruined by a fever I picked up which left us stuck there while I recovered.…
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Surfing in Kuta!
Something that we had to try while staying in Bali was surfing! We were saying near the famous Kuta beach for a few days and it would have been rude to not grab a board and try to catch a wave! However, neither of us knew how to surf… I had actually been a little…
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Muay Thai in Chiang Mai – our favourite pictures
Whilst spending some time in Chiang Mai we developed a love for Muay Thai. It was so interesting for us to watch and we really enjoyed the spectacle! Here are some of our favourite photos of the fights we watched;
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Diving in Bali, the USS Liberty
Since gaining our PADI advanced open water advanced open water certifications we have been keen to dive in as many places as possible! One of our favourite locations so far has been the USS Liberty just off Bali, a WW2 battleship sunk by a Japanese torpedo the Liberty has sat at the bottom of the…
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