Destination: Thailand

Elephants, Durians and Monks, Chiang Mai!

Tue, 15 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Views [445]

We’re at the airport after a week in Chiang Mai. CM was not without its highlights, after all, how many times in my life will I get to take a mud bath with an elephant?? (see photos). But the sad fact about Chiang Mai is, we spent around a week ... Read more >

Khao lak-initial

Sat, 12 Dec 2015 | By jreigerr | Views [285]

7am and we've finally arrived in Khao Lak, had plenty of sleep so I'm definitely happy. Even from the bus you could see the amount of dive shops scattered around here and it6s getting almost too exciting to bear. Checked into a very nice hostel for 300 ... Read more >

Tags: beachtown, dive prep, finally south, ocean

Bike for Dad

Fri, 11 Dec 2015 | By jreigerr | Views [390]

Not the most eventful day, but it was good. Rode on the back of a motorbike to go book a bus ticket to khao lak for 20:00. Had to go twice because the lady was confused. Spent the day wandering around and went to the beginning of the bike for dad (the ... Read more >

Tags: bike for dad, bussing, on the road, southward and onward

On overcoming the fear of traveling alone in an unknown country

Thu, 10 Dec 2015 | By sborto | Views [5842]

I landed in Bangkok February fourth and, as usual, I became anxious. Thailand will be the fifteenth country that I’ve visited alone, but I still haven’t learned to handle the fear of not knowing what to expect. It’s a primordial ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok, thailand, travel alone

Getting out of Bangkok

Thu, 10 Dec 2015 | By jreigerr | Views [272]

First day leaving Bangkok, woke up had breakfast figured out the skytrain and made it to the busstop. We ended up in a town called samut sonkram which turned out to be pretty lovely. Took a little walk around bought some handrolled cigars explored the ... Read more >

Tags: hometown, outta town

First Day- Grand Palace

Wed, 9 Dec 2015 | By jreigerr | Views [298]

Woke up around 11. Definitely jet lagged. We then went to see the grand palace. It was magnificent, huge golden statues and massive golden plated buildings. It was definitely an interesting sight. After the Palace we went on a walk around town. We went ... Read more >

Tags: drinks, first day, grand palace, street food

Arrival

Wed, 9 Dec 2015 | By jreigerr | Views [291]

After a long few months of work, we finally set off. Monday at 5am we made it to the London airport. The lady struggled to check us in fue to some flight change, but we managed. The plane later left after an hour fog delay. The same thing happened for ... Read more >

Tags: arrival, delay, flight

Photos: Koh Lanta Moments

Tue, 8 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Photo Gallery

Koh Lanta Moments

Tue, 8 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Views [360]

Was Koh Lanta relaxing? yes! Was the water warm, calm and perfect for swimming? why yes! Was the sand white and powdery? yes, but more like beige. Was the water a transparent greenish sparkling turquoise just like on the postcards? no, not really, but ... Read more >

Photos: May Kaidee Cooking Class

Sat, 5 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Photo Gallery

Starting on a tangent…

Fri, 4 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Views [501]

but I’ll get to cooking eventually.    First let’s talk about the plane ride from Bali to Bangkok. Did you know that an advertised 3.5 hour flight could really be 4.5 hours with time change? Seems to me that Asia Air needs ... Read more >

Tags: food

Moving Right Along . . .

Fri, 4 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Views [406]

Bangkok rocks. I could have stayed there at least a week. Its huge and has lots to do and see. It will all have to wait for another day though as we are at the airport en route to Koh Lanta, an island in the south.  We didnt meet many people ... Read more >

Photos: Bangkok

Fri, 4 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Photo Gallery

We like Bangkok so far!

Wed, 2 Dec 2015 | By aceite4 | Views [379]

We've been here 4 hours and have spent most of it hiking around the city (very walkable) and eating whatever we please. So far we are pleasantly surprised, as we didnt quite know what to expect after the pit of environmental disaster otherwise known ... Read more >

Photos: ยินดีต้อนรับสู่ประเทศไทย

Fri, 27 Nov 2015 | By finally | Photo Gallery

Tags: bangkok, bouddha couché, chitwan, couchsurfing, loy kathrong, thailand, visa, wat pho