It’s raining cats and dog (and bears)!
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Welcome back to the Trat Menagerie.
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Boop!
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Maruay still enjoys short strolls outside.
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Cat in a bag!
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The rascals, coming back from their second-floor playground.
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It's a looong way down.
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Tong pretends to like laps.
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Ngoen: the real people-lover.
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This tail is so much fun!
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Maruay's had enough of this nonsense.
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Tong helps keep his brother clean.
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Posing sweetly.
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Doing everything together.
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Driving the new truck!
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A great dinner feast.
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Trying out the new folding bed... and so Ngoen did, too.
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The rose has opened a lot since the day before.
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Maruay says good morning.
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The old man on a mission.
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Down to drink some fresh pond water.
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Hard to hide where he's been!
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Bath time for the feet.
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The cats require supervision outdoors... which is more enthralling than TV.
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Ngoen.
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And Tong.
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So much to smell back here!
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Time to go inside!
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"But I don't want to!"
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This is the Skeleton pose.
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Ngoen finds his way into people's laps no matter what.
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Head massage.
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Reading a book.
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Lap-lying. That looks comfortable.
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Total, utter relaxation.
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Not as comfortable as it looks.
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Our Trat haul - all coming back to Bangkok with us.
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Old Man Mauray looks thrilled to see us go.
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Bye bye, Big Boy.
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SELFIE!!!
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Pattaya's newest attraction - as advertised in the Thai Airways magazine.
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Book your tickets fast - it's a sure sell-out.
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Views from a different part of Metro Manila this week.
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EDSA Shangri-La has clever take on Christmas this year, with giant bears dressed as members of the hotel staff.
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Bears and trees greet you at every entrance.
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Staff bears, as far as the eye can see.
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The bakery staff.
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The porters, in matching uniforms.
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This porter is hard at work...
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... while this one poses for photos.
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One of the front desk staff.
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The hotel GM.
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The gardener.
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The mechanic.
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Another lobby staff.
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Part of the housekeeping crew.
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Another porter, waiting outside, and wishing guests farewell.
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Great views leaving Manila this week.
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But we landed just as a storm arrived at Suvarnabhumi!