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Travel news, travel guides and reviews | Travel. Kayaking Thailand's hidden lagoons | Travel. Lying back in the kayak, I tried to follow my guide's instructions to make myself as horizontal as possible while he propelled our two-man boat into the mouth of the sea cave and through a narrow tunnel. "OK, now turn on your torch," Olay said. "Look, bats! " Just a couple of feet above my face, dozens of small, greyish bundles hung like macabre Christmas decorations.

I shrank down further, willing them to stay put and trying not to swallow the repulsive stench of bat guano that grew stronger the further in we floated. "There are only two ways into the lagoons," Olay had said as our group's motorised escort boat set off into Phang Nga bay from Phuket's Ao Por Pier, "by boat or by helicopter, and I'm afraid we don't have a helicopter. " But there can be no better way to explore the emerald bay on the western Andaman coast of Thailand than by kayak. Setting up camp on Koh Penak Eventually we set off, each paddling our own kayak, following the tide east into the bay. Travel Advice designed for Couples. Stuff Your Rucksack: Please help. Lonely Planet Travel Guides and Travel Information. Greatest historical journeys. Greatest historical journeys: part two. BootsnAll Travel Network :: Travel Community, Travel Stories, Cheap Tickets, Youth Hostels and all your travel needs.

How to Travel Very Lightly. To our friends and family, my husband and I are freaks of nature. We can travel for three months at a time sharing one medium sized backpack and two small daypacks between us. This is unfathomable to most people, who cannot conceive of leaving their house without half their closet, the entire contents of their bathroom cabinets, and their complete collections of gadgets. I have had my own luggage dilemmas. While traveling alone for four months through Southeast Asia, I decided to err on the side of caution and plan for every eventuality.

So I decided from then on out, I’m done packing for every possible scenario. Luckily, my husband is the original light packer and multi-tasker, so we are the perfect travel team. Why it’s important to travel lightly Traveling should be about freedom, enjoying new adventures, experiencing other cultures and a change of scenery, but for many people it is about anxiety, insecurity and fear of the unknown.

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