Family travel blog

parental leave as it should be

The food is great

When I think about it there is not many ingredients that are used to make food in Thailand (maybe I am wrong), but it is mostly noodles (different kind), chicken and rice. But the amount of dishes one can have with these ingredients is amazing.

This is one of the things I li...

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One of awesome things about Thailand (and SE Asia in general) are the food markets and food courts in malls. There is so much good food to choose from and the prices are very affordable (specially if you go to local place and not 'for tourists').

The local markets with fruits and veggies are gre...

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Remember next time when you are hungry and want to eat some local dish - stay away from touristic places! Go where the locals go! This is so intuitive, if you want local food - just eat where locals eat.

The fewer european faces the better!!!

Based on today's experience when we stopped by a tou...

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One little problem

Every time we go to Asia we have some minor inconveniences with the Internet - everybody wants to be connected for different reasons. We mostly want to check directions and use tripadvisor for tips about restaurants and of course post some pics into social media.

In general b...

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COFFEE

why the hell it is so expensive here? You guys grow it on the back yard, but still a cup of cappuccino has the same price as in Sweden!! well, not really the same, but very comparable. An espresso in a relatively OK place (a place where you can be somewhat sure that what you will get will b...

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The first thing that was a bit scary (besides the packing) was the long flight. Fortunately (or not) we have paid attention to the flight and thought about it beforehand. We had 2 restrictions in our head:

  • price
  • duration of flight

Since it is quite hard to impossible to find a charter (d...

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Sweden provides its citizens and visitors (with the right paperwork) with great social benefits

Like a Swede (a way of living) from Diego Ragnar Angemi on Vimeo.

One great benefit is paied parental leave which spans through many days! The idea to spend parental leave somewhere else (not i...

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