Your recommendations for 20 days in Thailand (page 3 of 3)

I think I know who you’re talking about too... 😵 🤌

He’s got quite the gift of gab... and a wandering hand... 🤌

Well, I don’t know who you’re referring to. But I don’t know many people in the "Southeast Asia" section of the forum.

Hey Carmen,

Welcome back! 🙂

( There were tons of travelers from the forum in Thailand this January. 😮)

Hi Carmen,

Welcome back! 🙂

Thanks ☺️ I’d love to go back—it’s way too cold here 🥶.

(There were loads of French travelers in Thailand this January.😮)

January seems like a great month to visit Thailand—not too humid and not too hot, especially in the north. I was expecting to suffer more from the heat and especially the humidity.

We met Virginie (VallM17) and her husband in Bangkok.😊

I say this without putting any pressure on you, but I’d be really disappointed not to see this travel journal. My wife and I regularly revisit ours to reminisce...

My wife and I regularly come back to visit our family, just to reminisce...

Most of the time, reading travel journals bores me to death—that’s why I haven’t read more than 10 in over 25 years—but someday I’ll have to make up my mind to read one of yours. Do you have one with as little beach time as possible to recommend?

I get that given my age, you don’t wanna see me in a swimsuit 😉

Well, 10 years ago when we started these trips, we weren’t really into beach vacations anymore. So there’s hardly any of that at all. The 2018 and 2019 travel journals are the most varied.

My wife and I regularly come back to revisit our memories...

Most of the time, reading travel journals bores me to tears—that’s why I’ve probably read fewer than 10 in over 25 years—but someday I’ll have to make up my mind to read one of yours. Do you have one with as little beach time as possible to recommend?

Still, I just found this in your travel journal "Countryside Escapes" :

Quote from Jojoone in their thread "All Over Thailand":

Good grief, what on earth do they put in those pesticides? It’s a miracle we’re still alive!

When the name of the pesticide sounds appealing, it goes down much easier...

I’m currently looking for photos that would fit in "Countryside Escapes." Just a little more patience. I just need to convert them to VF format...

Based on my criteria, a travel journal documents a single trip from start to finish and is illustrated with photos and examples—like your last two. So I don’t consider Jojoone1’s "A little everywhere in Thailand" a travel journal because it doesn’t include a narrative—or at least not what I’d call one. That’s why I check each of their updates, which is how I noticed their comment about pesticides. Similarly, I don’t consider any of my own posts in the travel journal section as such because they either lack text, photos, or a specific trip. For example, my "Far from the daily lotfai lotfai" was originally posted in the regular Thailand section, but the admin moved it to "travel journals," which, in my opinion, wasn’t justified at all—but hey, they’re the boss. Then, even though it still didn’t quite fit (by my standards), I put my posts "Old Burmese Adventures" and "Hitchhiking in Thailand" in the travel journal section because I like being able to edit each text without a time limit.

I say this without putting any pressure on, but I’d be really disappointed not to see this travel journal.

First, I’d need to start the travel journal of our trip to Peru, which was certainly out of the ordinary.

My wife and I regularly revisit ours to reminisce...

I write a "travel journal" for each of our trips. I make an album with text and photos. It’s super handy when you want to relive your travels. Unfortunately, I haven’t finished the Peru one yet, and I’ll do the same for Thailand.

Here are a few "travel journal" albums from our trips. They’re wonderful memories.

But it’s true that travel journals on VF let you connect with other forum members. I’ve always loved writing my travel journals here. However, since the reopening, the forum has been less active, and the various bugs don’t help.