"Breezy toscano living" Mhaebich's photos about Montefollonico, Italy

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Montefollonico, Italy by TravelPod blogger Mhaebich titled "Breezy toscano living" Mhaebich's travel blog entry: "getting there ....not as simple as it sounds. Montefollonico isn't very far from Sienna, distance wise, but the Tuscan hills are travessed by a series of small, winding and confusing roads. Clare and Mark donned thier backpacks (for the first time since India) and hopped on a train to Montepulciano...very scenic ride. Went into a bar opposite the station to sample the local beer and wait for Memma, Bill, Gina and Sarah to arrive....we waited for quite some time and sampled ample amounts of beer!! They'd had a difficult time finding the place where we were staying; nobody in Montefollonico had ever heard of it, but after lots of detective work and Memma's italian skills they found Banitello; our "rustic tuscan villa" perched on a vista surrounded knoll....beatiful. travels in toscano we did heaps of stuff and a whole lot of not much!!!! *Montepulciano: - famous for its wine, resturants and stunning setting, only 10km away from Banditello.... - visited on a cold day; great churches, super-tasty pasta lunch (Mark's bread encrusted fried pasta was as weird as it sounds!!!). - Etruscan and roman inscriptions around town affirm the sense of history exuded from many of tuscany's towns/villages. - bought some delicious prosciutto and capicollo for our larder. - Mark, Bill, Sarah and Memma did a walk from Banditello ...



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"Not so Krabi" Euniceandbyoung's photos about Krabi, Thailand

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Krabi, Thailand by TravelPod blogger Euniceandbyoung titled "Not so Krabi" Euniceandbyoung's travel blog entry: "the weather hasn't been the best on the west coast of Thailand thus far... we've learned that the current season is shouldering on dry and wet... sucks but we had a fairly good time in Krabi regardless... after trucking through the Thai island on the west coast, we were looking forward to affordability... cheaper rooms, good cheap street food and just all around cheapness! via ferry we arrived on Krabi with hopes of better weather... not so. it was overcast with on again off again rain for the five days we were here. but we did manage to get in some good times... first off, we heard there were a couple decent night markets so we headed down to town in search of these gastronomic opportunities... we were not disappointed... imagine this: grilled pork steak, pork skewers and pretty good papaya salad and sticky rice with a large bottle of beer for approx $4.00! we went back in the next few days for everything from coconut juice to fried chicken to a variety of different desserts... to make our eating opportunities even better, one of the locals told us about a food festival going on at the other end of town... so we hopped on our rented motorbike and went to a pretty good sized food festival.. the food selection was not only vast, but the flavors and sights were pretty amazing as well... we splurged a bit and ...



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