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There's No Place Like Home
So we finally reached our last week of travelling! We had one week left to spend in Bangkok before we flew home. We spent the week exploring temples, catching up at the cinema (before each film they play the national anthem and everyone stands to sing!), and most importantly hitting the markets! Bangkok has a HUGE weekend market, we spent 6 hours there on the Saturday, and 7 hours on the Sunday, and still missed large parts of it, it was incredible!
One day ...
Chapter Five - Dover Castle
... an English castle, this is it. Completed in 1180 by Henry II, it is one of the mightiest fortifications in Europe.
“Are we going all the way up there?” gasps Margarita as she looks up at the towering keep. She has a painful knee condition, and climbing stairs is by no means her favourite pastime. “Where’s ...
Chapter Four - Sandwich and the coast
... finally land up at the Beach Hut Café (many miles from any beach) on Breezy Corner (no corner, and no breeze). I enjoy a terrific carrot and tomato soup while waiting for the others.
We now continue to the coast of the English Channel at Ramsgate, which we find somewhat depressing. This is a seaside resort that has seen better days and now ...
Chapter Three - Canterbury Cathedral
... city, one of the principal tourist attractions of Britain, so empty on a Sunday morning. Makes for great photos though, and we enjoy coffee in an almost deserted Starbucks.
At 10:30 we approach Christ Church Gate again and are ushered inside the cathedral. Onlookers wonder if we are visiting VIPs or something. I guess it never occurred to them to visit the cathedral during ...
Chapter Two. Lenham
The village of Lenham, with a population of about 2,200, is a self-sufficient entity. So many similar places today have become merely dormitories for nearby larger towns but not so Lenham which has its own identity. There are three thriving pubs, a butcher, baker (no candlestick-maker any more), grocer, florist, pharmacy, antique store, ...
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Amenities
- Free parking