Destination: Thailand

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Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By mgee | Views [1275] | Comments [2]

Since the Meditation Retreat, we have visited Krabi, Phuket, Khao Yai National Park, the Sukhothai ruins, Chaing Mai, now Pai. All of which have been amazing. Krabi was a beautiful beach town with limestone cliffs and caves all around. A rock climbers ... Read more >

Gallery: Khao Yai National Park

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By jagis | Photo Gallery

Gallery: SE Asia

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By mgee | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Meditation Retreat

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By jagis | Photo Gallery

Gallery: The Beaches

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By jagis | Photo Gallery

A Home Away From Home

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By osiris | Views [613] | Comments [5]

  Ok so I realise my last blog was over 2 months ago, one would immediately expect this blog to be packed full of stories and misadventures from places far and wide. Without aiming to disappoint, on the contrary it will be far from this. You will ... Read more >

Thailand Last Stop: Hat Yai

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By lockers | Views [368]

October 23rd-24th We decided to stay in Hat Yai, the largest city in the south of Thailand, to break up our journey from Ko Lanta to Butterworth in Malaysia. Driven by some people's desire for independence from Thailand, it is a town that has been ... Read more >

Thailand: Ko Lanta

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By lockers | Views [341]

October 20th - 23rd   It wasn't only difficult leaving Ton Sai because it was such a beautiful place. The official departure time for the boats back to Ao Nang is "the boat leaves when there are seven people". There was only one other man ... Read more >

Thailand: Hat Ton Sai Beach, Rilay

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By lockers | Views [982]

17th October - 20th   It was a 5.30am start on the day we had to leave our idyllic beach on Ko Phangan to get a pick-up truck to the port, a ferry to the mainland, a bus to Surat Thani, a second bus to Krabi, a tuk-tuk to Ao Nang and a longtail boat ... Read more >

Thailand: Ko Phangan

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 | By lockers | Views [603]

October 14th - 17th 2008    We arrived on the island of Ko Phangan, a short ferry away from Ko Tao, on the day of a Full Moon Party. The parties are quite legendary on the island, often attracting thousands of people who need no other excuse than "... Read more >

12 hour train ride from hell

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By a_hayes11 | Views [408]

The train ride sucked a lot!  12 hours on a very loud train.  I couldn't sleep at all.  Will passed right out but I ccouldn't get any shut eye even with the help of Gravol.  We got to Chaing Mai this morning at 9:45am and got a tuk-tuk ride to the Tip ... Read more >

A Thai Dog is a Happy Dog

Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By kataotto | Views [310]

Morodok Thai Guesthouse

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 | By a_hayes11 | Views [507]

Last night turned into a gong show, after dinner we ended up partying in the lounge at Morodok Thai with a guy named Tyler from Vancouver, Peter from South Africa, Som Sri who is a wonderful lady that works at the guesthouse and Gina who owns it.  She ... Read more >

Tags: eating and massages, more temples

Muay Thai boxing and ruins in Ayutthaya

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 | By a_hayes11 | Views [418] | Comments [1]

So Will, a girl from Vancouver named Sherri and I went to Muay Thai boxing match last night.  We paid like 30 bucks for a ticket and got to see about 5 matches.  The first 2 were really good but the bthe last 3 were 14 year old kids and they didnt really ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok and ayutthaya

koh tao day 3+4

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By glimmerwing | Views [1227] | Comments [1]

On our third day we had class room again but this time with Dan He was very good at explaining things, especially a symptom they call narced. Aoife loved that saying. She was using it even when it had nothing to do with being narced. It only happens ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, diving, koh tao