Bangkok Day 1- Has Anyone Seen Our Luggage

We woke up to a beautiful, sunny and incredibly hot day. Did I mention that it was hot? After having a delicious breakfast at the restaurant next to our hotel whose motto is ” we cook like you make at home.”, we walked to the Royal Palace. I was roasting hot at that point. Many people dressed completely in black lined up in front of the Royal palace area …

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China Eastern Airlines- Toronto to Bangkok

This was our first time flying China Eastern Airlines. We found an amazing deal ($699 Canadian return) to Bangkok but paid $720 return because we waited a few days to decide. At that price I was half expecting to be bungee corded to the wing but was pleasantly surprised. Our plane was a Boeing 777-300ER , the largest plane that I have ever flown on. It was nice to …

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Miami and Home

By 10:30am we had disembarked the ship and rented a car for the day. We travelled into Miami to visit Jungle Island. Unfortunately it was a super busy day there and the on site parking was full so we had to fight the traffic and go to the shuttle lot…two hours later we finally entered the park. Despite the crowds we enjoyed the birds and animals. Many of them …

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Labadee, Haiti

John and I were up before the ship docked. While John and I were walking across the sun deck at 7:30am, I was lightly pushed away again by a helpful ship staff person. This time before us was a line of seven separate, oozy turds leading either too or from the ladies washroom. Staff were quickly cleaning it all up. We noticed a few scattered small two person boats floating …

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