Destination: Thailand

Gallery: Chiang Mai

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By tnj4884 | Photo Gallery

Pai in the Sky!

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By tnj4884 | Views [2259] | Comments [1]

Pai is known to those travelling Thailand as the Black Hole. Many an unsuspecting backpacker has wandered here, wanting a break from the big city atmostphere of Chaing Mai or heading up north to do a visa run to Laos. But once in Pai, a 3 day stopover ... Read more >

Tags: Laughter

Chiang Mai and Chiang Dao

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By ttlax | Views [454]

We were up and at em early for the flight to Chiang Mai.   I guess we slept decent but it was one of those nights where you don’t want to oversleep so you wake up a few times.   We hopped right out of bed, got ready real quick, checked out and got ... Read more >

Gallery: Koh Phangan

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 | By mattjarvis | Photo Gallery

Koh Chang, Thailand

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By danielle_g | Views [1028]

Day at Koh Samui ariport was predictably dull despite it being the most attractive airport ever! The departure gates look more like beach-side bars than anything else. I'd planned on exploring Bangkok the next day but i was ill, food poisoning or ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Gallery: Koh Chang

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By danielle_g | Photo Gallery

Bangkok

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By cmbryant912 | Views [686] | Comments [5]

From the minute with arrived in Bangkok, Mel felt like she was at home in Hawaii. And something about the air felt different...better...it was a change well needed. The Thai people are so kind and friendly, and all they want to do is help you and make ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Goodbye Sydney...on to Thailand

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 | By ttlax | Views [241]

We got the 6:15 wake up call and it was time to get up, get ready and head out.   There are no refunds on the bridge climb if you are late and considering we were leaving on a 5pm flight to Bangkok, we needed to be on time.   We headed out of the ... Read more >

Post Bowling

Sun, 11 Nov 2007 | By stephhef | Views [889] | Comments [3]

My picture's in a Singapore newspaper. Don't ask questions, but here's the link: http://travel.zaobao.com/pages3/travelnews071015.html

Tags: tag your it

A Sweet Slice of Pai

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By flower-lily | Views [609]

Over and around the lush green mountains three hours North of Chiang Mai lies a little mountain paradise called Pai filled with hippies of the Thai and foreign variety. Tofu on every menu and wheat grass shots for breakfast; I am ready to look at real ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Back on land

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 | By kim_simensen | Views [414]

I have just returned from 4 days of scuba diving off the coast of Thailand. Great group of diverse divers on a liveaboard ranging from 20 somethings to a 70 year old japanese guy completing his 1500 dive.Each day was basically, dive, eat, sleep, dive ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Rabies

Fri, 9 Nov 2007 | By tnj4884 | Views [1079]

I thought that the highlight of today would be the bike ride with ome peope I had met at the guesthouse (John (Aussie), Jenni (English) and Antoine (French, living in Oz). But i was mistaken. I will always remember the today as the day that i might ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

Phuket and Ko Phi Phi Island

Thu, 8 Nov 2007 | By busyliz | Views [573]

I had a great time down in Southern Thailand. It was mostly sunny and I stayed on Karon Beach which is a beautiful long beach with squishy white sand and not too many people. I was there for the beach volleyball world tour and watched the Thai girls lose ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Sleeping in the Jungle

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 | By tnj4884 | Views [1957]

After the first 30 minutes of climbing up a 57 degree incline, you truly do think you are going to die. I kept thinking to myself there was no way that I can do 2.5 more hours of this, it has to level off soon. Sure enough, the land did level a bit and ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Ping Buri

Wed, 7 Nov 2007 | By flower-lily | Views [576]

We stayed the whole week in Chiang Mai at a fancy dancy hotel called Ping Buri - walking distance to Lucy's university. Walking distance to everything. The only trouble is that people in Thailand aren't much for walking; sidewalks are sparse and crosswalks ... Read more >

Tags: Culture