Destination: Thailand

Food Poisoning on a Night Bus.

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 | By hotmessexpress | Views [832]

Yes, you heard it right. Robin and I fought through food poisoning on a 12 hour overnight bus ride from Chiang Mai, Thailand to Vientiane, Laos. I think that I can honestly say that these were the worst 12 - 24 hours of my life that I can recall. I'm ... Read more >

Northern Thailand in a Nutshell.

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 | By hotmessexpress | Views [342]

Thailand rocks! At least north of Bangkok, which is all that we have experienced in Thailand thus far. I'm not sure exactly why we picked the route that we did around SE Asia as we were super pumped on getting to the beach, but for some reason the north ... Read more >

Bangkok- round 2

Sun, 23 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [324]

Well I didn't get scammed this time. That's a plus. Rode my first motorcycle taxi, in a tired haze from the train station to Khaosan Road. That was terrifying but fun. Had a few drinks in the evenings while icing my poor sprained pinky toe. Saw a cool ... Read more >

Phuket

Sat, 22 Feb 2014 | By russc_01 | Views [251]

We treated Phuket like a holiday, mainly relaxing in the pool, eating and taking time to reorganise ourselves after several days in the jungle. We were lucky to catch up with our friends Gemma and Darren who were over for their friends wedding and swapped ... Read more >

Photos: More Khao Sok Park

Sat, 22 Feb 2014 | By russc_01 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Khao Sok National Park

Fri, 21 Feb 2014 | By russc_01 | Photo Gallery

Khao Sok National Park

Fri, 21 Feb 2014 | By russc_01 | Views [261]

Khao Sok National Park is everthing the islands aren't, calm, peaceful, and with a wider range of travelers (i.e not just young, beautiful and wanting to party). We spent our first few mornings waking to the sounds of monkeys, birds chirping and frogs ... Read more >

Photos: Koh Phangan

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Photo Gallery

Photos: Koh Tao

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Photo Gallery

Photos: Bangkok

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Photo Gallery

Swimming with the fishes in Koh Tao

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [546]

After an uninspiring time in Bangkok I was eager to move on- to Koh Tao, an island famous for scuba diving. I've had the idea of getting certified in the back of my mind for absolutely ages now, just never got around to it, really. Well, I heard that ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, diving, koh tao, partying, thailand

Thailand's biggest party- check!

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [495]

I arrived at Koh Phangan fairly unsure what to expect. It's always hard when you leave somewhere you've had a really great experience, to not be kind of biased toward the next place, thinking it can't possibly be as good. It was as good and even better! ... Read more >

Tags: beaches, diving, partying

I'm in Thailand!!

Mon, 17 Feb 2014 | By kpow | Views [502]

Thailand!!!!! I've been here almost two weeks already and haven't updated! Woops! I think I've updated a few of you individually at least but here's what I've been up to... I started out in Bangkok but won't go into too much detail because, honestly, ... Read more >

Tags: bangkok, scam, street food, thailand

Photos: Ko Samui & Koh Pha Ngan

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By russc_01 | Photo Gallery

Life of Pai

Sun, 16 Feb 2014 | By hotmessexpress | Views [2090]

Life of Pai When we reached Chiangmai I northern Thailand (one of my favorite towns in Thailand so far) we were told by everyone to check out Pai, a town even further up in the mountains three hours north. Betsy had found a circus school/hostel in ... Read more >