Destination: Thailand

elephants and whitewater rafting in chiang mai

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By vivienne_and_iona | Views [1287] | Comments [2]

WELL after an energy-draining but overall enjoyable few days in bangkok we were very much looking forward to getting to chiang mai- our only real demand of the time we spent there being to go on an elephant. we are reasonably easy to please. chiang ... Read more >

Our eye opening welcome to thailand...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [360]

I's 6am and we are finally here, a little tired, a little overwhelmed but excited about the start of the trip! Getting through customs was nothing - we simply walked straight thru... Dan wasn't quite this lucky leaving Australia as customs selected ... Read more >

And they're off....

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By dan_and_anna | Views [381]

Its 6am and we have landed in Bandkok after a long 9hr flight from Brissy. The flight was interesting only in the fact that our window seat companion – an Indian lady spent the entirety of the flight under her blanket ... Read more >

Tags: leaving aus

Gallery: Thailand

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 | By dalesem | Photo Gallery

So long (in) Thailand

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By ryanandjo | Views [1820] | Comments [1]

Bangkok We returned to our ‘second home’ Bangkok and our favourite guesthouse to pick up some of the clothes and other belongings that we had left behind. We decided to use our time to inundate you all with blogs from our time in ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok, chiang khong, chiang mai, chiang rai, mae sot, pai, sukhothai

Learning to dive on Koh Tao

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By eoghancito | Views [2279] | Comments [1]

The bus though was a pleasuredome of luxury compared to the insomniac 'sleeping bus' we had been used to in Vietnam. We were originally thinking of taking a train to Chumpon and then a night ferry over but Lompraya were offering a bus and a high speed ... Read more >

Tags: boat, diving, island, trapeze

Gallery: Beaches

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By zimmy | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bangkok to Chiang Mai

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By zimmy | Photo Gallery

Mom and Dad, Please Don't Read!

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By chloemawer | Views [782] | Comments [3]

So we arrive in Koh Phangan June 15th, the date written on the half moon party website when we left, the date that we planned our whole trip around. And on the taxi ride to our "lodge" we see about 20 signs saying "Half Moon Party - June ... Read more >

Chang mai

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 | By daneericrenshaw | Views [312]

in Chang mai now.(north thailand...) heap more chilled than Bangkok... been l;oving it though.. just cruising around checking the place out working out where to next... . Big up.. . Dano..

trekking

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 | By daneericrenshaw | Views [327]

went on a three day trek to see some amazing sites... .. death railway.. hell fire pass.... went elephant riding... patted lions at tiger temple... swam with an elephant.... swam in some awsome waterfalls.....good times...gooooooood times...

Sun, sea and sand made Seema a very happy girl!

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 | By zimmy | Views [431]

Hi guys, A little belated but here is a summary of the end of my trip. I did nothing. Nothing, that is, other than chill by the pool and the beach, have massages and pedicures, worked on my tan, read some books, swam alot, ate good food and made some ... Read more >

Thailand, North and East

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By heywoods1976 | Views [764] | Comments [1]

Steven has been making such a good job of writing witty blogs about our travels, but this time it's my turn apparantly so here goes.  Spelling, grammer and wit farewell. We started our northern adventure with a train and bus trip up to the historical ... Read more >

Tags: chang mai, heywoods1976, koh samed, tha thon

First Day at the Orphanage

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By laura_street | Views [687] | Comments [7]

We left the comfort of the Royal Hotel at 2pm yesterday and, after a 2hour journey in a pimped up minibus complete with tv screen (which played the Britney Spears DVD pretty much the whole way!) and flsahing coloured lights, we arrived at The Twin House ... Read more >

Ko Pha Ngan

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By dalesem | Views [611]

We decided to extend our stay in Ko samui so we were there for about another 4 nights. We spent most of the days on the beaches and just really relaxing.. We had a few dinners and lunches with Dean & Irit which was really cool.. On our second last ... Read more >