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Crossing the Thailand-Cambodia Border by Bus: A Step by Step Tutorial

By PinayTraveller on May 31, 2012

(The Great Birthday Trip Part 3) OBJECTIVE This tutorial aims to teach you how to cross the Aranyaprathet, Thailand–Poipet, Cambodia border by land using Bus 99 which departs from Lumphini Park in Bangkok. Why this route? Because it will take you straight to the border unlike other buses that stop at the Aranyaprathet Terminal. The […]

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Asia | Destinations | Thailand

Top Cheap Things To Do in Bangkok

By PinayTraveller on May 30, 2012

(The Great Birthday Trip Part 2) Thailand, particularly Bangkok, consistently lands on various lists of top countries to visit in Asia. And for good reason, too! This Indochina gem formerly known as The Kingdom of Siam is one of the cheapest and friendliest holiday destinations in the world. Here are tried and tested top cheap […]

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Destinations | England | Europe

Finding Sylvia Plath’s Grave

By PinayTraveller on May 24, 2012

This is part 2 of D.S. Bunker’s guest post about West Yorkshire, England. She chronicles her life as a Pinay wife and mother in Cornwall, England in her blog, Indian’s Pages. Once in Yorkshire, a stop-over at Heptonstall is a must, especially if you are a Sylvia Plath fan. For those who are not familiar […]

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Destinations | England | Europe | Pinaytraveller

West Yorkshire, England: Visiting Bronte Country

By PinayTraveller on May 22, 2012

The following is a guest post by my friend and sister-in-law, D.S. Bunker. D lives in Cornwall, England with her historian husband Steve and her daughter, my adorable god-daughter, Tamsin. This is the first of a two-part series on West Yorkshire, England. Enjoy! ***** I first read Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre when I was thirteen. […]

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Food and Culture | Pinaytraveller | Portugal

Pasteis de Belém: Portugal’s Heaven in a Tart

By PinayTraveller on May 18, 2012

The sugary scent coming from the bakeshop reminds me of everything that is sweet and good and nice. I am standing outside Antiga Confeitaria de Belém, right in the heart of the Belém District in Lisbon. The takeout queue for the bakeshop’s famous product is getting quite long. I begin to worry that there won’t […]

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Crossing the Thailand-Cambodia Border by Bus: A Step by Step Tutorial

Top Cheap Things To Do in Bangkok

Finding Sylvia Plath’s Grave

West Yorkshire, England: Visiting Bronte Country

Pasteis de Belém: Portugal’s Heaven in a Tart

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