Destination: Thailand

Scottish Soccer Sandy Shocker

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By hutch07 | Views [1149] | Comments [2]

Our South East Asian sports correspondent can exclusively reveal some shock transfer news. After several fulfilling, but ultimately barren, trophyless seasons with the Burst Couch five a side team in London, Anthony Hutcheson has sealed a deal to Thai ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

We made it!

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 | By the_whaleys | Views [487]

 22 hours of flying, few hours of lay-overs, an angry immigration lady, quite a bit of haggeling with taxi drivers (3 usd for a 40 min. ride), and we're here. Our hostel has a good location and the rooms have AC, having AC is huge, because it's 89 at ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles

Och Thai the noo!

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By hutch07 | Views [3602] | Comments [19]

Greetings to you all and a Happy New Year too! We hope you are all well and had a great festive break. We write from an internet cafe in Bangkok, which has been an amazing (am-asian, just in case you missed it earlier, repeat until funny) place to start ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Here a Tuk- There a Tuk - Everywhere a Tuk Tuk

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 | By cindyhowes | Views [305]

Finally we arrived in Bangkok! We stepped off the plane and I felt this instant sense of euphoria. Although, it probably had to do with the heavy medication I was on for my ear infection. Regardless, it felt like a dream. Our first impression ... Read more >

Tags: Shopping

On the road to the promised land of people, pollution and prostitution.

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [3268] | Comments [4]

Back to noodle-land's capital. (Phad = fried & Thai = noodles. Even though every syllable here has about 12 meanings depending on the vocal tone and the position of the sun, I will assume Thai only means noodle.) Nothing changed back in Bangkok ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health

Gallery: Chiang Mai

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 | By stephhef | Photo Gallery

jet lagged and lacking good title

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 | By stephhef | Views [764] | Comments [3]

After five flights and two airport sleepovers I finally have arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand. All of my luggage made it, I was shocked every time I saw it come down the conveyer belt! I credit those long layovers for their timely arrival. After a quick ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

i get my kicks above the waistline sunshine

Sun, 7 Jan 2007 | By phongnlisa | Views [917]

Sorry again for the long gap in posting a blog.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!  Since Turkey Day, we rushed through Cambodia stopping only to pretend we were tomb raiders at Angkor Wat.  Then, after the bumpiest bus ride in the East, we landed in Bangkok (now you ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Jan 5-9: Returning to Thailand... A Breath of Fresh Air

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 | By thedukeoearl | Views [1470]

January 5, 2007 We left that despairing country of Cambodia and returned to the comparatively thriving country of Thailand. Our trip through the border led us past an inbetween country of casinos and street venders.  Arriving in Thailand ... Read more >

Tags: buriram, ladyboy, mahout, nightclub, singha, thai, thailand, travel, tuk tuk

On my own again.

Sat, 6 Jan 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [1642] | Comments [2]

Not only had my wonderful Australian posse moved on but so had everyone else staying in my bungalows. Sombre grey skies, not a breath of wind, except for those induced by baked beans for breakfast, and barely a ripple on the ocean. It's so quiet I could ... Read more >

Tags: Philosophy of travel

Gallery: Thailand

Fri, 5 Jan 2007 | By phongnlisa | Photo Gallery

Magical journey to nowhere

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 | By homeless_harry | Views [8015] | Comments [1]

A glut of inspiration for my writing has inclined me to stay longer yet at Nai Pan Yai, although the weather continues to give me a very strong reason not to. Happily enough I can report that there has been a scattering of sunny days, and an accompaniment ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: A Thai Summer

Wed, 3 Jan 2007 | By bennygelatti | Photo Gallery

Full Moon Party!!

Mon, 1 Jan 2007 | By bennygelatti | Views [2200]

Heya Party People, New Years is always a hit or miss night for me....its either a pearler or a stinker and this year was no different. The boys and I had an awesome night on Koh Phangan, site of the infamous full moon parties. New Years fell three days ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

I didn't want flies with my Mcknee burger!

Sat, 30 Dec 2006 | By homeless_harry | Views [9306] | Comments [4]

Thanks to a long overdue change in the weather on Ko Pha-Ngan, foreign life on the beach increased manifold. Unfortunately, so did the foreign life on my motorbike wounds. As a science experiment, a McDonald's hamburger was once nailed ... Read more >

Tags: Doctors, hospitals & health