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13 responses to “OOPS! Derailed!”

Mary Louise Cohen

December 6, 2024

Way to land on your feet! You must be cats!

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cspsail

December 5, 2024

i dunno, sounds pretty anxiety-provoking to me! I had to rebook about 8 stays in the last couple of weeks of our 2-month New Zealand road trip because driving more than a couple of hours between stays was making both me and Jim exhausted. So I shortened the drives and added stays. But then we had to load and unload stuff from the vehicle at more places. We couldn’t wait to get home. I think we’re just too old to do that kind of traveling now!

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1. ChezLouisDoris
  
  December 5, 2024
  
  We feel your pain! On our month through Asia, the VV stay was the only one-night stand. Most of ours are 4-5 nights with departures at civilized hours when the sun is up and the coffee has taken effect.
  
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Warren Nesbitt

December 5, 2024

good to have a back-up plan!

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Alan

December 5, 2024

A great (and nerve-racking) story well-told. Thanks for sharing, Doris and Louis.

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Rose Shadek

December 5, 2024

The value of a tour operator in Laos … priceless. Glad it all worked out.

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jdewyze

December 5, 2024

Oh no! After all your hard work. At least you have kindly given all your readers an excellent reminder to ALWAYS remember that paper passport!

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Ron

December 5, 2024

My experience in Sherman Oaks not so exciting… a woman called me handsome while I was shopping in Ralph’s…

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1. ChezLouisDoris
  
  December 5, 2024
  
  Louis counts on Doris for that!
  
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Ron Kish

December 5, 2024

the old news spirit never never give up… onward and up

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Manon Globensky

December 5, 2024

with an eSim card in your phone, you get a local number for calls and data in addition to your original phone number

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1. ChezLouisDoris
  
  December 5, 2024
  
  True! We did find that hack for accessing the Railway site, but we get data through our US phone provider and don’t use SIM cards. Theoretically, we could have bought one just to make the online reservation but figured that out too late in the game to consider.
  
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loudlyfurry850e592085

December 5, 2024

Traveling; it’s hard work sometimes.

Great story

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Asia, Southeast Asia

OOPS! Derailed!

After cruising around the world in 2023 and seeing a boatload of misadventures among our fellow passengers, Louis and Doris … Continue reading OOPS! Derailed!

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