Destination: Thailand

Bangkok

Sat, 4 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [568] | Comments [2]

Arriving in Bangkok from India is like rejoining civilisation. Of course it is a big city and very steamy in more than one sense of the word but I was so happy to see a clean looked after place. The hotel room was wonderful, a paradise compared to the ... Read more >

Tags: Culture

Sawat dee Crup...Bangkok

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 | By tjwhale | Views [2073] | Comments [1]

Hello in thai, although I'm unsure of the spelling.  Ahhhh...arriving back in a cheap country was a pleasant surprise.  Although...from all the generosity we had through NZ and Aus...we've managed to come close to our budget there too!!  However...now, ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Bangkok 2006

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 | By cisoux | Views [516]

"My friend asked me, what was the weirdest thing that happened to you in Bangkok? And I told her, it was Yasmine's boyfriend Lian-Yi and the things that came out of his mouth." -- June It was pretending to be Prathisap, the sex slave ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok

Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam

Wed, 8 Feb 2006 | By fionaanderson | Views [621]

Hi from Chiang Mai! 0 8 Feb 2006 Hi there folks!   Well what to write and what to leave out...there's already too much to say...   We caught a sleeper train up from Bangkok to Chiang Mai (13 hours) which was an interesting ... Read more >

Gallery: Koh Phangan

Mon, 6 Feb 2006 | By keera | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Koh Tao

Mon, 6 Feb 2006 | By keera | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Koh Phi Phi

Mon, 6 Feb 2006 | By keera | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Ko Lanta

Mon, 6 Feb 2006 | By keera | Photo Gallery

Bus crash

Thu, 26 Jan 2006 | By true-claims-stories | Views [3528]

The bus I was on crashed into the back of a lorry and a metal rod went into my leg. I was taken to hospital by ambulance and had stitches. One week later the wound was swollen so they had to re-open it and empty the collected blood. From then on it ... Read more >

Tags: planes trains & automobiles, true claim stories

The Bridge Over the River Kwai

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By dan_in_japan | Views [4163] | Comments [4]

A happy 2006 to you all. There are new pictures uploaded to the Thailand file... You know, I wonder why I do it to myself. With a banging hangover thanks to new year's, zero hours sleep for the same reason, I bode farewell to my friends on Pha-Ngan ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Mae Hong Son, part II

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [932]

Hi guys!           More new joiners.....Ant GER!!!  And of course Andre...without you, no'one would be seeing any pix...thank you!!! (xo)       So, the trek is finished, and I'm still alive.  It was ridiculously hard; my muscles are still sore.  We ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

Mae Hong Son

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [1126]

Hi guys!   So, some new faces....welcome to the world of my really long emails ~ Laura, Braunwyn, Jeff, Pam, and Bill.... And so we begin...          I'm currently sitting in an internet cafe in Mae Hong Son, which is a small town fairly close to ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Chiang Mai

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [747] | Comments [1]

Hi!      ~ I almost don't know where to start.  I've been here about 3 days now, and its very different from Bangkok.  I took that overnight bus, 11hours, and it dropped me right at the door of the guesthouse.  After checking in, I wandered around a bit, ... Read more >

Tags: Markets

Bangkok

Tue, 3 Jan 2006 | By lolo | Views [837]

Hi!         So, I'm in Thailand now.  Everything I'd heard about Bangkok seems to be true...very noisy, BUSY, and smoggy.  You see some very odd things walking around....people everywhere, motorcycle taxis, tuktuks, whatever.  I arrived yesterday afternoon ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Last day on the beach

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 | By dan_in_japan | Views [917]

Hi all. I've uploaded some pictures to the blog, they are in a file called Ko Pha-Ngan. This is my last day on the island. I've decided to take the joint ferry/bus back to up Bangkok tomorrow (yes, new year's day) no doubt with a hangover. This might ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine