Destination: Thailand

The City of Angels

Sat, 19 May 2007 | By paul | Views [1268] | Comments [1]

So Bangkok or Krung Thep as the Thai's call it. This translation however misses out fourteen other words which make up its full Thai name, yet intact it still doesn't give much of a description of what is to be found there!  Roughly translated Krung ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Pad Thai Battle Royal

Fri, 18 May 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [3220] | Comments [2]

In an effort to turn you, the readers, on to the best of the best of the best, sir...with honors, I have volunteered my own bowels and stomach lining to be the judge of the first annual Pad Thai Royal Rumble! To qualify as a contender is easy: simply ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

A Day in Historical Bangkok

Fri, 18 May 2007 | By jakeandgenny | Views [1753]

If you wanted to visit every temple in Bangkok, but could only visit one temple each day, with no holidays, it would take you just under three years to see them all, assuming none were built during your sightseeing.   Fortunately, Gen and I have the ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Living Expat Style

Fri, 18 May 2007 | By tara_and_mike | Views [221]

Hi All, Well not even two weeks in and we are off to swiss it up with fellow expat couples. Thats right, tonight Mike and I will be joining the Australian New Zealand Womens Society somewhere in Bangkok for a night of food, fun, laughter, meeting new ... Read more >

Gallery: Bangkok

Thu, 17 May 2007 | By paul | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Thailand

Thu, 17 May 2007 | By hpsauce | Photo Gallery

Bangkok

Thu, 17 May 2007 | By jamie_candice | Views [1222] | Comments [9]

Sa Wat dii ka [sa wah ti kah] (hello), We have arrived save and sound at Bangkok. We got to the airport at 11:30pm Bnk time and 2:30am Aus time on Tuesday...SO TIRED when we got here. Didn't get any sleep on the plane and some wanker chops spilt his ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

SCUBA Diving (Gulf of Thailand)

Thu, 17 May 2007 | By brian-camille | Views [1116] | Comments [2]

Well, our return flight is no longer creeping up on us - it's pretty much racing at us like a drunk, reckless, scooter driver in Thailand!  So...we figured the best way to end our trip was to spend a little time relaxing in the islands of the Gulf of ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

First Impressions

Thu, 17 May 2007 | By nellyp | Views [371]

So this is it, I have arrived at the other side of the world. So far, my first impressions can be summed up in five words: humidity, culture, happiness, poverty, and food. My weekend was spent meeting the other volunteers at CCS, some of whom have been ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Gallery: SCUBA DIVING (Gulf of Thailand)

Thu, 17 May 2007 | By brian-camille | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bangkok

Wed, 16 May 2007 | By jamie_candice | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Krabi and islands

Wed, 16 May 2007 | By nigelb | Photo Gallery

Phuket Island and sailing

Tue, 15 May 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [3816]

2 weeks in Phuket - a lot can happen in 2 weeks.  You could get rained on everyday, learn to sail, nearly crash a motorbike, run over a monitor lizard, get passage to Singapore by crewing on a sailboat, or have a pass made at you by a 59 year old, rich ... Read more >

Tags: island, motorbiking, sailing

Gallery: Phuket Island and sailing

Tue, 15 May 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Dancing in the Rain

Tue, 15 May 2007 | By stephen_haynes | Views [2399] | Comments [4]

Walking back from my last update, I find Sez back at the guest house with Fred and Elaine, two of the girls I was in Kampot with. So together we all pile into a tuk tuk and head out to Angkor Wat to view the sunset in the ancient ruins. This was ultimately ... Read more >

Tags: Misadventures