Sharon and Jacques’ Excellent Blog

Before you all think I’m completely off my rocker for going for the weekend, let me explain how we came to pick Kuwait as a vacation destination.
When Sharon was doing her MBA, she made friends with a fellow classmate called Avon who happened to live down the street from us in Mississauga. Sharon and Avon [...]

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Last night Jacques and I were left with James and Scott for the evening.  James is 14 and a very bright young man who has a keen interest in sailing and rugby.  Scott is his 11 year old brother who is full of energy and has moments of silliness that are hysterical.
Their mom and dad [...]

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Driving in the Middle East is an unexpected panic attack waiting to happen.  No matter how cosmopolitan thcity is, the driving habits from the rest of the world have converged into one huge mess.
There are roundabouts which are ignored, stop signs which are ignored, and u-turns which are made with great abandon.  My friend in [...]

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I have been feeling kind of crappy for the past year and thought since I was working in a medical clinic, why not see a doctor?
Since I was acting as receptionist, I managed to put me in for an appointment with Dr. Corina Martinez, a lovely Spanish GP who has a fantastic personality. I explained [...]

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When one is in a different country, one often comes across cultural differences that are both intriguing and terrifying.
In Thailand there are a few things that I just have not figured out.  Things like:

Men who wear hair bands.  No they are not lady boys, just a regular guy wearing an Alice Band to keep what [...]

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We are currently driving a little Honda Jazz which is brand new.  Julie got it the day she was heading back to Bangkok and drove it a sum total of 5 kms before she handed us the keys.  Needless to say I am a little paranoid about making sure we take care of her car. 
She [...]

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For the last few days, I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather with clogged sinuses and a pain in the left side of my head (no Sharon is the pain in my ass). I tried self-medicating with Sinutab and even went to a pharmacy who basically gave me the same thing but in 2 [...]

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Sharon and I were driving home from the hospital and grocery shopping. I was extremely keen to get home due to a rather pressing desire to go to the toilet. We were coming up to a black Mercedes E200 on a small road that leads to Julie’s condo. I started to overtake the Mercedes hastening [...]

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As we make our way around Thailand, I can’t help but notice just how colourful everything is.  Everything seems to have some kind of colour coding.  The buses are colour coded depending on their direction, the moto taxi drivers have bright orange vests, the tuk tuks are multicoloured depending on which group controls them.
Every department [...]

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A friend found us some accommodation in Bangkok after we left Chiang Mai. It was centrally located and the price was more or less right. We flew into
Bangkok went to the taxi stand, explained where we were staying. Since it’s not a well known hotel, we told the taxi stand operator what the nearest [...]

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