Destination: Thailand

Day 94 - In Transit

Thu, 15 May 2008 | By counsell | Views [542]

Well today was a bit of a bore compared to the last 3 weeks. Am pretty sick of toast after three days, but I think I will miss it a lot when I am stuck with rice for two months! Just had a last wander around Kota Kinablu, which didn't take long as there ... Read more >

Intestinal Worms!

Thu, 15 May 2008 | By true-claims-stories | Views [3445]

Intestinal worms are parasites that love the gastrointestinal tract. God only knows how I got them, maybe from unwashed food or dirty water, but I didn’t really care, I just wanted to get rid of them! I ended up in hospital in Chiang Mai, in northern ... Read more >

Tags: chiang mai, doctors, hospitals & health, intestinal worms, parasites, thailand, true claim stories, world nomads

Gallery: Thai Cooking Class

Thu, 15 May 2008 | By stephhef | Photo Gallery

Jet-lagged

Wed, 14 May 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [647]

Everything has been an effort today. Jetlagged and really feeling it. Managed to get myself out of bed at a decent time, but have been a bit zombie-like all day. (N.B. Thailand is GMT+7hrs) Didn't help that I was lugging my rucksack around the city ... Read more >

Caves

Wed, 14 May 2008 | By ashleynicholesmith | Views [417]

On Tuesday all of the volunteers taught English in the morning then we took the afternoon off to explore the caves that surround Mae Sai. We hired a Song Tao (a red truck that eveyone piles into the the back of it). We had to bring our own flashlights ... Read more >

Bangkok

Wed, 14 May 2008 | By abelaine | Views [759]

There are 2 airports in Bangkok.  The old (now mostly domestic flights) and the new (international).  Pere, Rene, Briel and I all arrived late into the night where we were able to get into one cab to the main centre.  This was quite an accomplishment ... Read more >

Gallery: Khao San Road

Wed, 14 May 2008 | By jfernandes | Photo Gallery

School time!

Tue, 13 May 2008 | By ashleynicholesmith | Views [402]

School started so we finally had the opportunity to teach English. I chose to teach grade 1. These kids were fantastic. Although they have an attention span that lasts only 5 minutes they did seem keen to learn.The very first day my teacher was not in ... Read more >

One Year Down!

Tue, 13 May 2008 | By tara_and_mike | Views [325]

Well, May the 5th saw our 1st anniversary here in Thailand. It snuck up on us and we were quietly shocked. How quickly the first year has passed, and what a year it was! We spent a big chunk of April in Australia, which for me was the first trip ... Read more >

First steps in Thailand

Tue, 13 May 2008 | By jfernandes | Views [878]

Well, "today" (today for me is two days ago for you because I haven't slept yet) is the start of the adventure. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to sleep on the night of the 11th May (the day before my flight) because I was busy making last ... Read more >

Chiang Mai

Mon, 12 May 2008 | By ashleynicholesmith | Views [516]

This past weekend Nicole and I travelled on a 4 hour bus ride to Chiang Mai. It is the second largest city in Thailand with only 200,000 population. The first being Bangkok with about 7.5 million! When we arrived we ran into two Americans that were traveling ... Read more >

Gallery: Thailand

Mon, 12 May 2008 | By hsaunders | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bangkok

Mon, 12 May 2008 | By hsaunders | Photo Gallery

Tiger Temple

Sat, 10 May 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Views [9559] | Comments [4]

Patti:   My Life List has one more huge check mark…being in close contact with big cats. Our time at the Tiger Temple was far too short but there were moments and feelings that are burned into my memory. The tour had a variety of stops along our drive ... Read more >

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Gallery: Thailand

Sat, 10 May 2008 | By bkhk4fun | Photo Gallery