I got my bags packed on a roll heading out there and I'm ready to go looking real good

in my passport photo.

Amateur Traveler episode 653. Today the amateur traveler talks about beaches and

mountain hikes and temples, cooking classes, an elephant preserve, and the pad tie mustache guy as we go to Thailand.

Welcome to the amateur traveler. I'm your host Chris Christensen. Let's talk about

Thailand. I'd like to welcome to the show Taise and Rob from Together to Wherever.com who have come to talk to us about

Thailand. Taius and Rob, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much.

It's great to be here.

Thanks for having us. And why are we talking about Thailand?

Why should someone go to Thailand?

I have several reasons, actually.

One of the main ones is it is very, very budget-friendly. friendly anywhere in Southeast Asia really is but I think

Thailand is definitely worth every penny to get there it's a little bit pricey

to get there it's a little bit time consuming on the flight to get there it's a little bit pricey to get there it's a little bit time consuming on the

flight to get there but once you're there it is extremely cheap it is very friendly I think

it has that reputation so land of smiles Everybody smiles and you just feel relaxed when you're there, not to mention the whole massage culture.

That's my thing.

Rob loves that part. That's probably the number one reason he goes to Thailand.

More than one in a day if I can.

I am not so much into the massage but you give me a mango smoothie and I'm with you so.

There you go another thing I wanted to say was it's very very safe

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