Destination: Thailand

Bar Girls of Bangkok

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [1728] | Comments [1]

I played pool in a bar in which two bar women were having a great time getting drunk and generally being raucous. The bar women were about 30 years of age but very girly in their high heels and lacy dresses, very much like a lot of the Thai women. They  ... Read more >

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Laos and Chang Mai...

Fri, 24 Mar 2006 | By tjwhale | Views [2003]

Hello again, We left Nam in typical style...going from one location to another before finally catching the 'LUXURY' bus that we had paid so dearly for.  Anyway...a scooter ride (2 people a 2 huge bags on each...childs play by their standards) to the ... Read more >

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Bangkok English bar

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [612]

 went into an English bar tonight. Sad. Compare Thai bar to English bar THAI BAR Bar Girl: Hello Sir, welcome, what would you like Me: Heineken please BG: Where are you from Sir? what do you do? You like Thailand? Me: Lovely place <some banter>... Read more >

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Gallery: Patong Beach

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Bangkok

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Photo Gallery

Phuket

Sun, 5 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [861] | Comments [2]

What an interesting place Phuket is. Yesterday I went to the beach to watch the sunset, not bad as it goes and I like the beach and there seemed to be lots happening even though it was closing down for the day. On my way back to my hotel I called in ... Read more >

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Bangkok

Sat, 4 Mar 2006 | By doherty1957 | Views [548] | 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 >

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Sawat dee Crup...Bangkok

Fri, 24 Feb 2006 | By tjwhale | Views [2039] | 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 >

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Bangkok 2006

Wed, 22 Feb 2006 | By cisoux | Views [478]

"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 >

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Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam

Wed, 8 Feb 2006 | By fionaanderson | Views [602]

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 >

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