We have a car here in Malaysia for the whole period of of our stay. It only costs 4000 sek (approx) for 1 month + 2000 sek deposit in case I do some damage to it. When we picked up the car at the airport they were very thorough to point out to me every scratch on the car even the smallest one which...
Not far from our apartment there is a huge building with like gazillion apartments in there. I walked around it a couple of times, it is like a mini city. Huge parking lot, barber shops, restaurants, convenience stores etc, everything inside the building (or on its sides). Almost every apartment has...
Internet in Thailand was a problem, but then we needed it purely for social interactions. In Malaysia we need Internet for more business purposes. Alena is using a lot of traffic for conference calls and video communications.
The house we stay in has internet connection so we were not worried abo...
The last place we stayed at on Phuket was "Chill house". The pictures were great and the reviews were good. ## the location ## The hotel is located in the north part of the island and is super-close to the airport. You can hear the planes taking off sometimes, when you are outside of the building. T...
The day started as usual except there was 1 major item on the to-do checklist: pack the suitcase. This tasks is assigned to Alena as she can't stand my packing habits. My task was (as usual in this case) to keep Alisa occupied or asleep so she doesn't 'help' packing process. Helping in Alisa's word...
It has been a good choice for us to start in Phuket. Initially we thought that it will be a vacation rather than full blown parental leave (whatever that means). Basically we planed not to care about anything and just enjoy the time (I hope we will continue doing that in other countries as well).
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We have spent in Thailand about 2 weeks now and, to be honest, I was expecting a bit more turbulence with health. I am not worried about us, adults. We can always go to a pharmacy and get the strongest antibiotic to kill the bacteria causing headache, running nose and throat pain. It is a lot harder...
Alena spent some time investigating which stroller we should have with us in Asia. We had a few requirements (based on tips from our friend who spent some time in warm countries with a little baby). The stroller should be:
- very maneuverable to avoid bit pits and wholes in the road (Asia is not...
I already mentioned the ATMs which try to rob you every time you touch their buttons. Shops and restaurants do pretty much the same thing. There has been a limited amount of places one can pay with a card. And of course you can forget about card payment at the local night markets. But places like bi...
In Patong we stayed at the Frutta Boutique Hotel and I thought to write a review about that.
The Frutta Boutique
I have to say that I was not involved in the selection process of the locations (thank God), Alena did all the hard work choosing the places. Frutta Boutique was a great choice!! I...