Destination: Thailand

Welcome back to Thailand

Wed, 5 Sep 2012 | By hanadignan | Views [619]

Leaving the comfort of the tour in a private car to the airport, I take off in the evening for Bangkok. It was only a short flight over the border so I was soon on my way to the hostel in the tourist center, near Khao San road. It was Saturday night ... Read more >

Thailand

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 | By coggos | Views [973]

Thailand   We cruised across the thai border with the required meal stops every 2 hours and the unexplained waiting around ( usually for more people to show up and fill the van). The crossing into Thailand was painless and easy although ... Read more >

Tags: koh chang, thailand robbed, theft

Krystal & Rhys Go to Thailand!

Thu, 30 Aug 2012 | By yellowducks | Views [654]

Waiting at Sydney Airport, July 11, 2012, with far too much time on our hands, I start to panic that this trip should have been booked by a travel agent who knew what to do. My second trip internationally, first to a country with a first language ... Read more >

First taste of Thailand

Thu, 23 Aug 2012 | By lucyandtim | Views [1011] | Comments [1]

After what felt like a very brief couple of weeks in Laos, we found ourselves boarding the slow boat to Thailand. With Chiang Mai in our sights we set off on what was to be an incredibly long two days up the Mekong to pastures new. It turns out that ... Read more >

Photos: Bangkok and the South

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

First day

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 | By mysengsa | Views [415]

Here we go, we start the trek with a small group of 7 people: Laura, me and  4 girls coming from differents country as England, Wales Holland and Ireland, with a very sympatic english guide Bassa called scrubs (why? this will be told later). We jumped ... Read more >

Tags: stray, sukhothai, tom yum pass

Primeras impresiones de Bangkok

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 | By montserratina | Views [329]

Wowwwww ja estic aquí!!!! Despuès de un plácido y corto vuelo (no es ironía...) ya estoy en la capital tailandesa. La primera impresión es buena. Nada que ver con India. Aeropuerto bonito, los trenes van con unas monedas de plástico como en el tiovivo, ... Read more >

Photos: Northern Thailand

Sat, 4 Aug 2012 | By lucyandtim | Photo Gallery

Preparando el viaje

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 | By montserratina | Views [384] | Comments [3]

Lo que parecía ser muy lejano se está acercando cada día más, a poco más de una semana antes de iniciar el viaje empiezo a pensar dónde me gustaría ir y voy mirando dónde reservar la primera noche en Bangkok, evidentmente en la zona de Khao San Road, ... Read more >

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Photos: Thailand

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 | By haberci | Photo Gallery

Bangkok 4

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [513]

Woke up late and caught the sky train to the MBK mall with our Scottish roomy. The mall was several stories high, absolutely massive!! We had a local feed of burger king haha. We only looked around one floor which had a huge market on it as we ran out ... Read more >

Bangkok 3

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [571] | Comments [2]

Note to self: never laugh at anyone's mosquito bite misfortune (especially jess'), it will literally come back to bite you- in my case twice on the nose!!! I have a swollen nose which looks like I have a giant boil on the end of it. I can’... Read more >

Photos: bangkok

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Photo Gallery

Bangkok 2

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [491] | Comments [1]

I can’t believe the smell here...it takes your breath away. Every time you walk past a drain it just hits you. The worst was when we turned a corner and there was a fish restaurant and they had these weird looking fish in an ... Read more >

Bangkok

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 | By emily_b | Views [617]

 W e flew out of Christchurch on Monday into Sydney airport to transfer onto our Bangkok flight. When we got to the airport we asked at customs where we needed to go and this Aussie customs officer told us to turn left and head down the hall. We ... Read more >