Destination: Thailand

We Found a House!

Tue, 22 May 2007 | By tara_and_mike | Views [168]

On Saturday morning, Mike and I went and had a look at a townhouse for rent, and in less than two weeks we think we have found a place to live! Its really big, nice and we are pretty pleased with ourselves! Its a 4 storey brand new, never lived in townhouse.... Read more >

Gallery: Ao Nang and Railey, Diving and Climbing

Mon, 21 May 2007 | By all_powered_up | Photo Gallery

Ao Nang and Railey, Diving and Climbing

Mon, 21 May 2007 | By all_powered_up | Views [3482] | Comments [1]

I'm a criminal...it's a fact.  The padlock is proof.  I can't even claim it was because i was drunk...although I'd had a pint or 3 (yes real pints!).  I'd spent the evening in an Irish bar with 2 young German guys I'd met while diving and an English ... Read more >

Tags: climbing, diving

Epilogue: the Eight Months Wrapped Up in an Ontological Blanket

Mon, 21 May 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [1250]

Hey, I'm working on it!

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Pompeii the Elephant

Sun, 20 May 2007 | By realeyes | Views [2757]

"What's his name?" I asked the mahout who was riding between the elephant's head and myself. The mahout was not impressed. "It's Pompeii, and she 's a lady ." "Oh," I giggled. For a female, this elephant was huge ... Read more >

Tags: Sightseeing

Thailand

Sat, 19 May 2007 | By dwayne_miras | Views [315]

We just bought the tickets to travel to Thailand on 20th of June 2007 coming back from Singapore. We'll fly in two months, and I'm getting nervous........

Tags: Adventures

The City of Angels

Sat, 19 May 2007 | By paul | Views [1212] | 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 [3143] | 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 [1710]

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 [208]

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 [1188] | 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 [1084] | 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 [365]

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