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Asia – getting fat eating with two sticks!

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I have loved Thai food since visiting Thailand back in 2022, but forgot how much until returning in 2025!

I have since visited many Asian countries and fell in love with their food. Vietnam Pho/Bahn mi/noodles, Cambodian Amok/Hhmer curry/noodles all held the title until I was reintroduced to Thai again.

The Thai pad and variations of soup won my heart and my belly over once again. Here are some choices from a food court in Bangkok. You could eat three times a day for 365 days and not try them all in this food court. It was almost impossible to choose:

 

Here were some of my favorites from around Samui:

Mango salad (top left)

Tom yum Coconut spicy soup (middle left)

Chicken Pad Thai (top right)

Tom yum chicken spicy (bottom left)

Iced cold Chang (bottom right – it was so hot, ice was needed to keep it cold)

Panglao Island – The Philipines

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I took a five-week trip to the Philippines at the end of 2024. I rented a a condo in Cebu City for the entire time and made several road trips to neighboring islands including the beautiful island of Panglao.

The trip included a two-hour ferry ride from Cebu City to the port of Tagbilaran, a bus ride and then a short tuk tuk ride to the beach. This was an amazing stop and one of my favorites on my trip. You could say I was relaxed!

Siquijor and Dumaguete Islands

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This road trip was my favorite of the five weeks I spent in the Philippines. It was a four-hour ferry ride with one stop to drop off and pick up passengers.  If you read my post about an amazing ferry ride meeting Ben, this was the same trip. 

Each picture tells an amazing story in my mind!

Benny picked me up in his tuk-tuk at the port to take me to my A-frame Airbnb, which was spectacular.  We stopped for a roadside beer and hung out with a local family on the way. I was within walking distance from the $3 crepe breakfast picture and the amazing beach where the coconut picture was taken.  

Siquijor Island and Cambuguhay Falls where the rope swing picture was taken and some of the nicest Islands I have ever visited, I will go back.  It had a lot of EXPATs from all over the world and locals who made me feel right at home.  

I ended the night watching the Australian Rules Football Championship.

Facebook made up this mashup, so it is a bit out of order and includes Dumaguete Island, which is another amazing island I visited on the island hop.  

Everything was smoking there, LOL!