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Thailand, a love & hate affair

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We are back home, after 2 weeks in the sunny Thailand. 2 weeks with good and bad experiences, with lots of impressions and observations about the country, its people, culture, and customs. With a lots of things that we enjoyed but also with lots of things we hated. With over 150gb of images and a hard task ahead of us to select and post-process them. And a real love and hate affair.The itinerary started in Copenhagen with a Thai Airways flight in the middle of the day, that arrived in Bangkok ahead of schedule at 5:30 in the next morning. We spent 4 days in the capital city, but we had a day trip to Ayutthaya, the former capital of the kingdom using the services of a local agency: BKK tours (very happy about it). After the period spent in the capital, we moved to Krabi region and we selected three different locations, providing quite a lot of variety: Railay beach, the most famous beach in Krabi, Phi Phi island, an island renowned for its night life and hug...

Skye - impressions and few photos

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The highlight of our summer holiday was Isle of Skye. The beautiful island is the largest and most northerly island in the Inner Hebrides. It is quite easy to get there. We went by bus from Inverness in a 3.5 hours journey (a bus trip between Inverness and Portree costs 24 pounds). The first part of the way was rather boring along Loch Ness but after the road left the lake and continued through the mountains the view became much more entertaining. On the way back, we decided to take train from Kyle of Localsh, an alternative a bit more comfortable. During our 6 nights in Skye, we stayed in a very basic bed and breakfast. Nothing fancy, just a roof on top of our head, a shower after a tiring day and a full Scottish breakfast with lots of fried eggs and bacon. There are plenty of such B&Bs in Portree and in other places on the islands. Skye can offer both the feeling of a crowd holiday place, with lots of people doing the regular stuff like boat trips, enjoying...