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Travel Theme: Merchandise

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Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok, Thailand

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kathmandu, Nepal

Phnom Pehn, Cambodia

Phnom Pehn, Cambodia

Ailsa of Where’s My Backpack offers photographers inspiration each week. This week she gave us the theme Merchandise, which lets me share more market photos! She also shared some apt quotes which I’ve copied below as they always enrich the theme.

If you want to join in with your own interpretation of this week’s theme (everyone’s welcome!) Here’s what to do:

  1. Create your own post and title it Travel theme: Merchandise
  2. Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
  3. Get your post in by next Thursday, as the new travel theme comes out on Friday
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    5. You know the value of every article of merchandise, but if you don’t know the value of your own soul, it’s all foolishness. – Rumi

    Junk is the ideal product… the ultimate merchandise. – William S. Burroughs

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Breakfast

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Beijing Breakfast Offerings

Xi'an Breakfast

Nepal Farmhouse Breakfast

New to The Daily Post? Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, you’re invited to get involved in our Weekly Photo Challenge to help you meet your blogging goals and give you another way to take part in Post a Day / Post a Week. Everyone is welcome to participate, even if your blog isn’t about photography.

Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Wonder

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Kathmandu, Nepal

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Here’s how it works:

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use a “postaday2011″ or “postaweek2011″ tag.

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Soaltee Crowne Plaza, Kathmandu

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I stuck it out for two nights at the Thamel International Hostel where it was cold at night and electricity was erratic. The furnishing in the room was uncomfortable and there was no common area to socialize. Thus they lacked one of the main draws of a hostel.

Since I wanted light and warmth and I had points with the Crowne Plaza rewards program, I reserved a room there.

My stay was delightful. The staff was so solicitous. The room featured local tapestries and cable TV so I could catch up on the news. Sometimes the electricity would go out, but soon the hotel generator would kick in so I could read.

Club Lounge

I was on the club floor so I could partake of evening drinks and appetizers and meet other guests including an interesting American man and his Thai wife, who filled me in on her views of Thai politics.

The bathroom was so nice. Now it wasn’t as up to date as rooms at the Le Meridian in Thailand, but it was considerably better than the horrid bathroom with its dwarf-sized fixtures and erratic hot water back at my KNUE apartment.

Breakfast

The Crowne Plaza was quite a distance from Thamel or the sights of the market square, but I enjoyed the neighborhood. I felt safe walking around and could get a glimpse of the residential side of Kathmandu.

Nepal isn’t as cheap as other Asian cities. The dreary room I paid $30/night for at the Kathmandu Guest House was dark and cold. So if do advise anyone who can afford to break their piggy bank to do so when they stay in Kathmandu.