Destination: Thailand

Gallery: Khao San Rd

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By loquillopr | Photo Gallery

Sand & Sun: Chumphon & Koh Tao

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By jlessing | Views [1391]

Hello! Greetings from the beautiful island of Koh Tao, located in the South of Thailand. Before I start, I want to tell you that I am sitting across from a ladyboy who I gather (from my not well-disguised eavesdropping:)) is talking via skype to a ... Read more >

Gallery: Silom Rd

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By loquillopr | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Sand & Sun: Chumphon and Koh Tao

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By jlessing | Photo Gallery

Tie Me Voulez Vous Down Sport 17

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 | By countryboy | Views [650] | Comments [2]

    The phone rings beside my Bangkok Intercontinental Hotel bed. It’s so loud and so abrupt that as my eyes split open there are several small ‘pops’. That would be every one of my eye lashes breaking the sound barrier. Schools of fish suddenly change ... Read more >

Gallery: SE Asia

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By kjones | Photo Gallery

Testing...

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 | By loquillopr | Views [406]

I have four minutes to spare and thought I'd start a blog (Who Would'a Thought).   So for now....3 minutes left...its been very relaxing.  As relaxing as Bangkok can get.  Met some good folks who showed me the ropes and tried to take my first picture.... Read more >

Bangkok to Chiang Mai

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 | By stackattack | Views [410] | Comments [1]

Ok so the next morning we went on a tour of the floating markets a couple of hours out of Bangkok. They were insane, floating down a river with a million other boats with ppl screaming things at you left right and center trying to get you to buy stuff.... Read more >

part 1-Bangkok to Ko Phan-ngan to Koh Sumai

Tue, 8 Sep 2009 | By sooz_and_claire | Views [840] | Comments [5]

sunday 30/8/09 And so the story begins of our 12 months of travelling, first stop Thailand. arrive blurry eyed after a 12 hour flight with Quantas (best airplane food ever!) pretty uneventful flight apart from the aussie girl sitting next to claire, ... Read more >

The journey to Chiang Mai and today

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 | By living_the_dream | Views [624] | Comments [1]

The sleeper train (or lack of sleep train as we came to know it) was actually really good fun and a real novelty experience. At 9:00 a train conductor came and converted our seats into bunk cabins, complete with privacy curtains. Whilst most of the train ... Read more >

Crazy Bangkok

Sun, 6 Sep 2009 | By stackattack | Views [1275] | Comments [4]

So after a very long flight and bus trip we finally made it to our hostel in Bangkok - which is clean and has very friendly staff and was exactly what I needed after 13 hours of travel. Woke up this morning at 5am unable to sleep so I planned some adventures ... Read more >

Patong Beach, Phuket, Thailand

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 | By alistair | Views [1095]

I’d not intended to visit Phuket as I’d heard that it was very tourist orientated and quite expensive; however in low season there are bargain packages to be had. The prospect of flying across to the other coast instead of taking an 8 hour bus ride ... Read more >

Tags: patong beach, phuket

Koh Mak, and then back to Bangkok....

Sat, 5 Sep 2009 | By heathergay | Views [553] | Comments [2]

Well, I am finally safely back on the mainland and in a nice hotel in Bangkok, after a beautiful week on this lovely island. However, the last few days were very wet wet wet, tropical storms actually aren't alot of fun. - Especially when you have to leave ... Read more >

Day 2! Bangkok city cente

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 | By living_the_dream | Views [594] | Comments [2]

I managed to meet the boys yesterday (thank goodness)and it was time to take on Bangkok city centre. We managed to find a good youth hostel (Siam Oriental); well, it has beds and a/c at least! The hostel is located on Khao San Road, which can only really ... Read more >

There's a Camel in my pool

Wed, 2 Sep 2009 | By tnj4884 | Views [834]

Life is Dahab has been fairly uneventful. Work has been very slow, and way too many days have been spent in the shop surfing the internet. So we have been looking into our other options.  When we first came started at Octopus divers, we met this group ... Read more >