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Grand Adventure 2017 Day 24: A Piece of Humble Bread

I love days like today. The ones that are unexpected surprises. We woke up this morning at a leisurely 7 AM and made our way downstairs to the hotel's main restaurant for breakfast. We were fortunate enough to get breakfast included with our hotel room which meant we could just order whatever we wanted from the menu. Jenn went with pancakes, and I had a two egg breakfast with bacon, sausage, and toast. They also brought us a pastry basket and fruit to start with. Everything was delicious and it gave us the energy we needed for the day.

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Grand Adventure 2017 Day 23: Gobble Gobble

This morning when we woke up Jenn wished me a happy gobble gobble, and it took me at least a minute to realize what she was talking about. Being on this trip for over three weeks I'm completely lost in where we are and what day it is. But its true, today is Thanksgiving, and it looked completely different than any other Thanksgiving either of us has ever experienced.

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Grand Adventure 2017 Day 22: Grand Highlights

After a great start to Bangkok yesterday, we woke up this morning eager and ready to get back out there and enjoy more of the beautiful city. We woke up a little after 6 AM. I went for a run at the gym and we were down at breakfast at the St. Regis a little before 8 AM. One of the other perks we got when booking the hotel through American Express was free breakfast. And wow was that a perk at this hotel.

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Grand Adventure 2017 Day 21: Starting with a Bang

We are coming down the home stretch. I cannot believe that we're on our second to the final stop on this grand adventure. After five days and four nights in the beautiful coastal town of Phuket, today we were off back to another big city, the capital of Thailand, Bangkok. We woke up at 6 AM and were off to the airport at 8 AM after packing our bags and checking out of the hotel. 

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Grand Adventure 2017 Day 20: Short & Sweet

Today will easily go down as the shortest recap I write for this trip. During the first two weeks of our grand adventure, we pushed hard to experience and enjoy as much as possible. For the last five we've made sure to relax as much as humanly possible, and none more than today. We didn't get out of bed until 9 AM and even after I went for a run we were too lazy to go to the restaurant so we ordered room service for breakfast. Jenn and I both got the waffles and split some breakfast potatoes. 

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Grand Adventure 2017 Day 19: Spa Experiment

This morning we woke up to one of the most beautiful mornings on the trip. I pulled open the curtains in our pool villa at a little after 7 AM and the sun was shining, birds were chirping (which Jenn loves) and there was a beautiful reflection coming off of our pool. It was one of those moments that I tried to take a mental picture of to remember when this trip is done. Speaking of we just hit 2 and a half weeks on the trip with only one week to go and that's starting to make us both sad. But enough of that, we had more relaxing to do today. 

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