The Backpacking Housewife: Escape around the world with this feel good novel about second chances!. Janice Horton

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

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      Source ISBN: 9780008302696

      Ebook Edition © July 2018 ISBN: 9780008302689

      Version: 2018-05-03

      Table of Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Dedication

       Chapter 1: Bangkok

       Chapter 2: Chiang Mai

       Chapter 3: Return to Bangkok

       Chapter 4: Railay

       Chapter 5: Koh Lanta

      

       Chapter 6: Koh Lanta (II)

      

       Chapter 7: Koh Ngai

      

       Chapter 8: Koh Phi Tao

      

       Chapter 9: Koh Phi Tao (II)

      

       Chapter 10: Koh Phi Tao (III)

      

       Chapter 11: Koh Phi Tao (IV)

      

       Chapter 12: Koh Lipe

      

       Chapter 13: Langkawi, Malaysia

      

       Chapter 14: Kuala Lumpur

      

       Chapter 15: Kuala Lumpur (II)

      

       Chapter 16: Kota Kinabalu

      

       Chapter 17: Sandakan Borneo

      

       Chapter 18: Reef Island

      

       Chapter 19: Reef Island (II)

      

       Chapter 20: Destination Unknown

      

       A Q&A with the Author

      

       Acknowledgements

      

       About the Author

      

       About HarperImpulse

      

       About the Publisher

      To my own real-life hero: Trav

       Chapter 1

       Bangkok

      I’ve arrived in Bangkok feeling jettisoned and adrift, exhausted, jetlagged, and asking myself – what the hell am I doing here all on my own? In the long line for customs, I stand with everyone else who was on my flight from London. My eyes are fixed on those around me who look so happy and purposeful, so clearly excited to be in the most popular city in the world, while I’m sweltering in my jeans and long-sleeved,